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Four Ugandan boxers person reportedly gone missing aft competing astatine the Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow, prompting Scottish constabulary and migration authorities to motorboat an probe into their whereabouts.
The improvement was reported by Ugandan sports outlet, NBS Sport, which disclosed that the athletes failed to rejoin the Ugandan delegation up of the team’s scheduled departure from Scotland on Tuesday.
The missing athletes were identified arsenic Angel Katushabe, Nuhu Batte, Ibrahim Khemis and Emily Nakalema, each members of Uganda’s six-person boxing contingent astatine the Games.
According to NBS Sport, 1 of the missing athletes, who spoke anonymously, said the radical intentionally stayed down and planned to question asylum successful the United Kingdom.
The jock said the radical decided to stay successful the UK successful hunt of amended grooming facilities and vocation opportunities.
“We privation to proceed our boxing careers successful a spot wherever determination are amended opportunities,” the jock reportedly said, portion appealing to Ugandans not to justice their decision.
Confirming the development, Police Scotland said it had received reports that respective athletes were unaccounted for and that investigations were underway.
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