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Uganda police find 17 human skulls at suspected shrine

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.Uganda police find 17 human skulls at suspected shrine. [Courtesy]

Seventeen human skulls buried in metal boxes have been unearthed at a suspected shrine in the centre of Uganda, police told AFP on Tuesday.

Children foraging for firewood outside Kabanga village near Mpigi town, about 40 kilometres (24 miles) west of the capital Kampala, made the grisly discovery on Monday, according to local media.

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