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Ugandan police raided the Makerere Walter Reed Project this week, a U.S.-military-funded operation that provides HIV and AIDS assistance to gay individuals in the country. If a statement by government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo confirming the raid is any indication, it could signify a new initiative by the country to enforce its new laws criminalizing LGBT individuals and organizations.

The raid, as Buzzfeed noted, happened on Wednesday according to a spokesperson for the Walter Reed Project. At least one individual was detained, but it's not clear whether that person was a U.S. citizen or a Ugandan. To make things even more confusing, Ugandan police at first denied that the raid happened. Deputy police spokesperson Patrick Onyango told Ugandan media that the person conducting the raid was a "conman" dressed as a cop. However, a spokesperson for the Ugandan government confirmed the raid on Friday, and directly linked it to the organization's aid to LGBT Ugandans:

Police burst Water Reed Project in Makerere University#training youths in homosexuality — Ofwono Opondo (@OfwonoOpondo) April 4, 2014

Top diplomat allegedly involved#paying one hundred thousand Ug shillings each masturbation — Ofwono Opondo (@OfwonoOpondo) April 4, 2014

told the AP that the facility in question was known to be a relatively safe place for LGBT individuals to seek treatment: "A lot of LGBTI people found it comfortable to go there for anti-retroviral treatment," he said, adding on Twitter that the center had "temporarily closed" after the raid (The "I" in LGBTI, in case you were wondering, usually stands for intersex.).