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Former Ugandan military ruler Idi Amin, blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the 1970s, has been buried in Jeddah, according to media in Saudi Arabia. Medical officials said Amin died in a Jeddah hospital on Saturday at the age of 80, though his birth year is also listed as 1925. Amin, who had lived for years in exile in the port city, had been on life support since July 18, after slipping into a coma. Amin was buried in Jiddah's Ruwais cemetery after sunset prayers on Saturday, according to a source close to the family in the Red Sea port city. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said few people attended the funeral. "Ugandans and the Uganda government are kind of relieved," Uganda's ambassador to the United States, Edith Ssempala, told CNN. "But on the other hand, we do sympathize with the family. Idi Amin had children. He had wives. They're hurting, obviously." Ssempala denied charges from some of Amin's relatives that the Ugandan government had denied their request to bury the dictator in Uganda. "He could have been buried in Uganda," she said. "It's just when Muslims die, they are buried immediately.... (CNN) |
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