Ugandan "rebels" attack police station

Police in Uganda say gunmen claiming to be from the rebel National Democratic Alliance have attacked a police station in the central district of Luwero.

A police spokesman Asuman Mugenyi said a policewoman who tried to return fire was overpowered and shot in the leg.

The spokesman said the attackers fled with a number of assault rifles.

He said one suspect had since been arrested.

Correspondents say the National Democratic Alliance has not been active since the mid-1990s, when it was crushed by the Ugandan army and its leader, Major Herbert Kikomeko Itongwa, was forced into exile abroad.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service