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President-for-Life of Uganda. He assumed office in 1985. His primary virtue is being prefereable to both his predecessors, Idi Amin and Milton Obote...said on Sunday.
He said the earth-shattering kaboom in the capital killed one person, although the Uganda Police chief political commissar Asan Kasingye said late on Saturday that two people were killed.
At least seven people were maimed, TV station NTV reported.
"It seems to be a terrorist act," Museveni tweeted on Sunday.
"The information I have is that 3 people came and left a package in kaveera [plastic bag] which later on went
kaboom!," Museveni said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The blast occurred at Digida Pork Joint, a restaurant, local media reported. Videos shared on social media showed panicked and confused revelers illuminated by blue police lights.
Bomb blasts in the East African country are rare. Kampala suffered a major attack by Somalia's al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...in 2010 that killed dozens. The group said it had attacked Uganda as a punishment for its deployment of troops in Somalia.
| Deutsche Welle adds: |
There was no immediate claim of responsibility to the attack. Police said the bomb had been made using local materials, and that the restaurant was filled with nails and shrapnel. Investigators were still working to find out the "true circumstances" behind the earth-shattering kaboom, police added.
WHAT IS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN UGANDA?
On October 8, the so-called "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
" group grabbed credit for a kaboom on a police post in Kawempe. Later on, Ugandan police confirmed a minor incident had occurred, although they did not report injuries or explosions.
The UK and La Belle France earlier this month raised their traveling advice for Uganda, telling visitors to be especially vigilant in crowded areas.
| The Jerusalem Post adds: |
The group said that some of its members detonated an explosive device in a bar where "members and spies of the Crusader Ugandan government were gathering" in Kampala on Sunday.
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