Uganda: Police Foil Another Bomb Attack in Kampala

25 September 2010

Kampala — THE Police and other security agencies in the country foiled a planned second attack on the country by arresting al-Qaeda's top leaders on September 15, in Kampala.

Omar Awadh Omar, said to be the second-in-command of the East Africa al-Qaeda terrorist cell, has been charged alongside a Muslim human rights activist, Al Amin Kimathi, for the murder of 79 people in the July 11 twin bomb blasts in Kampala. They are now remanded in Rapid Response Unit cells near Kampala.

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