of the Buganda Kings , which was built in 1882 and lies near the capital , Kampala . It contained the tombs of four ancient kings of the Buganda people along with cultural relics , including the spears of past kings . Tensions between the Buganda and the government have historically run high , in part because President Yoweri Museveni is not from the tribe . There have been claims Museveni favors his own people , a tribe in the west , and the Buganda have said they feel persecuted . Both the central government and the tribe began separate investigations of the fire Wednesday . `` We saw a huge fire popping out of the tombs as it rained , '' said Jowelia Lunkuse , 49 , who operates a kiosk at the edge of the site . `` The flames kept increasing high in the air and we had to close and ran away , fearing it would spread to burn us . '' Museveni visited the site Wednesday morning . King Ronald Mutebi arrived moments after Museveni left , along with Medard Ssegona , the Buganda kingdom 's information minister . Are you in Uganda ? Share
Kampala , Uganda -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least three men died from their wounds Wednesday after they were shot in a confrontation with Ugandan security forces at a destroyed historic site , the Ugandan government said . The men were part of a group of Buganda tribe members who rushed to the site of the Tombs of the Buganda Kings which was destroyed by fire Tuesday night . Exactly how many people were wounded remained unclear despite the government statement . While the government statement listed three dead and five wounded , the Ugandan Red Cross said it had ferried 23 injured people from the site to a Mulago hospital , 11 of them with bullet wounds . `` There several other cases , whose number I can not establish , who were either carried away by their relative or friends after sustaining bullet wounds . Others were stampeded on as they ran , '' said Uganda Red Cross official Susan Kabwe , who was at the tombs site . The tomb site is a UNESCO-listed cultural site of major significance to the country 's largest tribe . It was not clear what started the fire at the Tombs