Ugandan police shuts down 5 madrassas over allegations they are training Islamic extremists
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A Ugandan police official says five madrassas across Uganda have been shut down over allegations they are training students to become extremists.
Patrick Onyango, a spokesman for police in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, said Monday that some Islamic schools were training children to become fighters in a rebel group opposed to Uganda's government.
He said three of the schools ordered shut are located in Uganda's central region while two of them are in the east.
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Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper reported Monday that a senior Ugandan Muslim leader, Kassim Nakibinge, criticized the police's action, saying Islamic schools are being unfairly targeted.
Police link the madrassas to the Allied Democratic Forces, a Congo-based armed group whose fugitive Ugandan leader is wanted by Interpol.