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Uganda: Two Deadly Blasts in Capital of Kampala, More Bombs Found
allAfrica, 16 November 2021
Two police officers are confirmed dead and four others were killed when two separate explosions hit the city of Kampala, the National Emergency Coordination… Read more »
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Uganda: Three Suicide Bombers Carried Out Twin Explosions in Kampala - Police
Daily Monitor, 16 November 2021
Police have said that the twin explosions that hit Kampala at a police checkpoint and Parliamentary Avenue on Tuesday were carried out by three suicide bombers who died instantly. Read more »
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Uganda: What Point Are Terrorists Trying to Make By Striking in the Heart of the City?
Nile Post, 16 November 2021
A day of chaos. A day of fear and tension. Read more »
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Uganda: Regional Leaders Condemn Terror Attacks in Kampala
East African, 16 November 2021
Regional leaders have condemned the terror attacks in Uganda's capital Kampala even as they vowed support to tame the vice. Read more »
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Uganda: Police Officers Die in Kampala Blasts
Nation, 16 November 2021
Two people, both of them police officers, have been reported dead in the blast that went off at the entrance of the Central Police Station in Kampala, Uganda. Read more »
Suicide Bombers Carried Out Blasts in Kampala, Police Say - VIDEO
Ugandan police say that the twin explosions that hit Kampala at a police checkpoint and Parliamentary Avenue on Tuesday November 17, 2021 were carried out by three suicide bombers who died instantly.
Local publication the Daily Monitor reports that police also said three civilians had been confirmed dead and 33 others injured. The number of fatalities could be higher than reported so far.
Five of the injured are in critical condition, according to police spokesperson, Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga.
Enanga told journalists in Kampala that the police checkpoint attack was carried out by one suicide bomber who was captured on CCTV camera carrying a backpack before he detonated it.
Two civilians died on the spot and 17 others were injured and evacuated from the scene to the hospital. The Parliamentary Road attack was conducted by two suicide bombers riding on two boda boda motorcycles. One civilian was killed in the explosion.
Police said the fourth suicide bomber was pursued and arrested after he was shot and disabled by counter-terrorism operatives.
The explosions, which happened three minutes apart, were carried out by suspected domestic terrorists linked to Allied Democratic Forces using Improvised Explosive Devices, according to police.
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16 November 2020
Uganda Blast Survivors Taken to Hospital
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Police and Red Cross officials attending to one of the people who were injured in an explosion at Parliamentary Avenue, in Kampala on November 16, 2021.
