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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A Ugandan weightlifter has been found four days after he disappeared from an Olympic training camp in Japan leaving a note saying he wanted to find work, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The disappearance of Julius Ssekitoleko came at a time of high public concern over coronavirus risks as thousands of foreigners arrive for the Games.<\/p>\n

“Today, the man was found in Mie Prefecture with no injuries and no involvement in any crime,” an Osaka police official, who declined to be named, told AFP.<\/p>\n

“He carried his own ID and identified himself. It is not certain to whom we should send the man — the team or the embassy.”<\/p>\n

The alarm was raised on Friday after Ssekitoleko failed to show up for a coronavirus test and was not in his hotel room.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old had recently found out he would not be able to compete at the Tokyo Games, which open on Friday, because of a quota system.<\/p>\n

A note was found in his room requesting his belongings be sent to his family in Uganda, according to officials in Izumisano city in Osaka prefecture, where the team were training.<\/p>\n

Police said Ssekitoleko had travelled to Nagoya in central Japan and then to nearby Gifu prefecture, before moving south to Mie.<\/p>\n

“He was found in a house belonging to people who have a connection to the man. He did not offer resistance. He was talking frankly. We are still questioning him about his motive,” the police official said.<\/p>\n

When Uganda’s delegation arrived in Japan last month, a coach tested positive on arrival, with another member of the delegation also testing positive later.<\/p>\n

Virus cases are rising in Tokyo, which is under a state of emergency, and there is heavy scrutiny in Japan of infection risks linked to the Games.<\/p>\n

Athletes and other Olympic participants are subject to strict rules including regular testing and limits on their movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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