Ex-Guantanamo detainee arrested in Uganda: U.S. State Department

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said a former Guantanamo Bay detainee was among several people arrested in Uganda under suspicion of having links to the killing of a prominent prosecutor there. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said U.S. government personnel supported the Ugandan operation. She said a former Guantanamo detainee who was released in 2006 was detained. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Sandra Maler)