Uganda charges U.S. couple with torturing a foster son

Kampala — Ugandan authorities have charged two U.S. foster parents with committing "aggravated torture" against their 10-year-old son, police said Tuesday.

They were charged Friday and remanded to Luzira Prison, a maximum security facility on the outskirts of the capital of Kampala, police said in a statement.

The charges allege that the couple, both 32, "constantly tortured" the boy between 2020 and 2022, with neighbors sounding the alarm for the child who attended a school for children with special needs in Kampala.