Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist in critical condition after brutal knife attack

Steven Kabuye receives treatment at a hospital on the outskirts of Kampala. Investigators say the assailants were specifically targeting his neck. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

A prominent Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist is in a critical condition after he was stabbed on his way to work on Wednesday by unknown assailants on a motorbike.

Steven Kabuye, 25, suffered knife wounds and was left for dead in the assault on the outskirts of the capital Kampala before being found by local residents, police said.