UGANDA-KAMPALA-FOILED BOMB PLOT

Xinhua
04 Jun 2025, 07:46 GMT+10

(250604) -- KAMPALA, June 4, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chris Magezi, spokesperson for the Ugandan military, speaks at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, June 3, 2025. The Ugandan military on Tuesday said it had thwarted a bomb attack targeting worshipers in the capital, Kampala, attributing the foiled plot to sleeper cells of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Chris Magezi told reporters at the Ministry of Defense headquarters that security forces intercepted two suspects on a motorcycle about 600 meters from the Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine, in Kampala's Munyonyo suburb. (Photo by Ronald Ssekandi/Xinhua)

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