MBALE, UGANDA - FEBRUARY - A crowd of twenty-thousand Ugandans, including women and children, watched in a pouring rain as two alleged guerrillas from Bugsihu, Tom Masaba, left, a former captain in the Ugandan Army and Sebastino Namirundu, arrived manacled in the back of a truck at a Mbale stadium February 1973. Masaba and Namirundu were interrogated, stripped naked, fitted with short white aprons, tied to their execution posts and executed by a firing squad. Masaba, who was accused of being a terrorist, was reported to have said,
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Headline: Idi Amin Executions Title: Idi Amin's execution of Tom Mabasa and Sebastino Namirundu in Mbale, Uganda Description: MBALE, UGANDA - FEBRUARY - A crowd of twenty-thousand Ugandans, including women and children, watched in a pouring rain as two alleged guerrillas from Bugsihu, Tom Masaba, left, a former captain in the Ugandan Army and Sebastino Namirundu, arrived manacled in the back of a truck at a Mbale stadium February 1973. Masaba and Namirundu were interrogated, stripped naked, fitted with short white aprons, tied to their execution posts and executed by a firing squad. Masaba, who was accused of being a terrorist, was reported to have said, "Let those, like me, who are killing innocent people in the country, come out and report to the authorities." Idi Amin Dada declared himself President of Uganda, February 2, 1971 one week after taking power in a coup from Ugandan President, Milton Obote, January 25, 1971. Under Amin's eight year reign of terror from 1971 to 1979, it is estimated that five-hundred thousand people were murdered in Uganda. (Photo by Africa24 Media/Camerapix) City: Mbale Country: Uganda Date Created: 10-02-1973 Creator: Mohamed Amin Credit Notice: Mohamed Amin / Camerapix / african.pictures Pixel Dimensions X: 3912 Pixel Dimensions Y: 2615 Keywords: Rights usage terms: Restrictions:  This image does NOT have all model and property releases. Additional clearance may be required for non-editorial use and for use in association with socially sensitive subject matter