June 1970 - Assassination Bid That Failed - The night

June 1970 - Assassination Bid That Failed - The night of the shooting: President is seen leaving Lugogo Stadium after having his controversial Common Man's Chapter adopted by the UPC. Minutes after this - Photograph was taken, Obote was shot. It would have been the most audacious assassination in modern Africa - an unknown taxi-driver killing President Milton Obote while he was surrounded by troops and security guards. But it failed by the narrowest of margins, because a semi-automatic Czech pistol jammed after the first shot, and because a Chinese-made hand grenade failed to explode. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)

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