U.S. volunteer charged with terrorism in Uganda [View All]

U.S. volunteer charged with terrorism in Uganda
Fri 1 Dec 2006 12:39:02 GMT

By Tim Cocks

KAMPALA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - An American volunteer worker appeared in a Ugandan court on Friday charged with terrorism after being caught with a submachinegun, a pistol and 38 rounds of ammunition, according to the charge sheet.

Christopher John Boehlke, 26, who works for a local charity helping old people in east Uganda, was arrested in Gulu, in the war-torn north of the country on Nov. 15.

"On him we found an SMG (submachinegun), a pistol, rounds of ammunition and some military uniforms," police spokesman Edward Ochon told Reuters, adding that Boehlke had failed to explain how he got the weapons.

Boehlke, whom the charge sheet described as an "American cattle keeper" from New York State, appeared for a few minutes in a Kampala court. He came with his father, brother and a U.S. embassy official, a Reuters witness saw.

As Boehlke was led away from court to prison, he grabbed a journalist's camera and tried to push him away, while covering his face with a newspaper.
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