Uganda-A Different Virus

 

A Different Virus

UGANDA

Suicide bombers set off two bombs in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Tuesday in what police called a terrorist attack by allies of Islamic State, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The twin explosions appeared to have targeted Kampala’s central police station and the Ugandan Parliament. At least three people died and 33 were injured, most police officers.

Authorities confirmed that the three suicide bombers died in the explosion. Meanwhile, a fourth would-be bomber was shot and injured in a suburb north of the capital. Police found a suicide vest and other bomb-making equipment at the residence of the alleged attacker.

Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga tied the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan Islamic group operating from the jungles of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The group has pledged allegiance to IS.

IS later claimed responsibility for the explosions, making it the third attack linked to the terrorist organization in the country.

Last month, a bomb exploded at a restaurant in a Kampala suburb, killing a waitress. It was the first attack that the terrorist organization claimed responsibility for. Two days later, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on a bus on the outskirts of Kampala.