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Uganda: 21 Suspects Arrested Over Kampala Twin Blasts
Nile Post, 19 November 2021
Security has announced the arrest of at least 21 people suspected to have participated in the Tuesday twin blasts near the Central Police Station in Kampala and Jubilee building… Read more »
Uganda Arrests Suspects In Fatal Terror Blasts
Uganda security forces have announced the arrest of at least 21 people suspected to have participated in the November 16, 2021 twin blasts near the Central Police Station in Kampala and Jubilee building along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala.
The blasts were carried out by suicide bombers who reportedly died instantly. Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for the blasts which occurred near the parliamentary buidlings and near a police checkpoint. The arrested suspects are alleged to be part of the Allied Democratic Forces, a militant group that operates in Uganda, and which has links in the DR Congo.
In an address at parliament on November 16, 2021, President Yoweri Museveni said the terrorists had exposed themselves at a time when Uganda's security infrastructure had improved. He said: "They have exposed themselves when we are more ready for urban terrorism. They will perish".
This incident follows a blast at a restaurant in Kampala in which one person died and seven were injured on October 23, 2021.
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Uganda: What Is the Group Is Behind the Deadly Bombings in Kampala?
DW, 17 November 2021
"Islamic State" claimed responsibility for the triple suicide bombing in Kampala and have named the attackers. Police have linked them to a little-known extremist group that… Read more »
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Uganda: Bombings - We're Coming For You, Museveni Says As Islamic State Claims Responsibility
Monitor, 17 November 2021
President Museveni Tuesday said the terrorists have exposed themselves at a time when Uganda’s security infrastructure has improved, compared to what it was in 2018 when he… 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: 'Parliament Was the Target of the Terrorists,' Say Security Sources
Nile Post, 17 November 2021
Parliament was the main target of the bomb explosion that went off along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala yesterday, security sources have told The Nile Post. Read more »
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Uganda: Eye Witness - My Narrow Escape From the Parliamentary Avenue Bomb Blast
Nile Post, 17 November 2021
I am still traumatised and terrified by the experience we went through today (Tuesday, November 16) and what I saw. Read more »
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