Uganda: How Security Lapses Let Terror Cells Thrive in Uganda

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Uganda police failed to stop three terror attacks in 24 days - including the twin blasts that killed four people in Kampala on November 16 - but sprang into action, killing seven and arresting 106 suspects linked to the explosions.

Police spokesperson Fred Enanga says the counterterrorism agencies have foiled about 150 terror attacks on Uganda, but warn that the terrorists were not easy to uproot because of their ideological leaning in religion, and active recruitment of Ugandans, including children and women, into its ranks.

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