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Chaos erupts at funeral of Ugandan civil rights advocate



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A pastor rebuked homosexuals at the funeral of a Ugandan gay rights activist, prompting chaos as sympathizers stormed the pulpit and grabbed his microphone away.

David Kato, 46, a prominent rights campaigner in the east African nation, was beaten to death with a hammer this week in his house near the the capital, Kampala.

His name and photo were printed on the cover of a tabloid newspaper late last year that called for gays to be executed under a banner that read: "Hang them."

His funeral spiraled into chaos after the pastor denounced homosexuals, saying they "would go to hell."

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