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• Ugandan killed for smoking in bar 

Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2008-09-18

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Ugandan officials have expressed shock after a mob killed a man who refused to stop smoking in a public bar.

Customers at the village bar in eastern Uganda attacked the man after he repeatedly refused to respect a smoking ban, according to witnesses.

It is the first known incident of its kind since Uganda introduced a public smoking ban four years ago.

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