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Tokyo Olympics : Ugandan Athlete Disappears From Says He I'd Not Going Home

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As the Olympic game is set to commence this week in Tokyo, Japan, one of the athletes from Ugandan has

disappeared from a hotel in Izumisano, Osaka, who was staying at the pre-camp for the Tokyo Olympics, left a note saying, "I want to work in Japan without returning to a difficult country.



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Weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko (20), a member of the Ugandan team who was staying in Izumisano, Osaka for the Tokyo Olympics pre-camp, disappeared from the hotel on the 16th and with his whereabouts unknown.

Regarding this, Izumisano City revealed that a memo was left in the hotel room stating, "I want to work in Japan without returning to a difficult country."

Also, at the JR train station in Kumatori-cho, Osaka, which is adjacent to Izumisano City, sightings of a person similar to a player were sent on the night of the 16th, and when the city investigated, the player had bought a Shinkansen ticket to Nagoya.

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