Pakistan and Uganda athletes ‘missing’ after Commonwealth Games
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Police are looking into reports of ‘missing’ athletes who didn’t return home after the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.
Scottish police are investigating reports of foreign athletes, identified in the media as boxers from Uganda and Pakistan, who failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games that ended in Glasgow last Sunday.
“Police Scotland has received reports of several athletes who are unaccounted for,” a spokesperson said late on Tuesday.
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“Enquiries are ongoing to assess the circumstances, and early engagement is taking place with the Home Office.”
Uganda’s NBS Sport reported that four of the country’s six-member boxing team had gone missing ahead of the team’s scheduled return home on Tuesday and one of them told the broadcaster they planned to seek asylum.
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