At least six people killed in Uganda after coordinated terrorist bombings in capital

Authorities in Uganda say at least six people were killed in a pair of explosions on Tuesday that investigators believe was a coordinated terrorist attack.

The explosions occurred in the city center of the capital, Kampala. One of the blasts went off near a police station and the other near Uganda’s parliament building.

Officials said there were three suicide bombers with the explosives strapped to their motorcycles. All three died in the blasts, which occurred just minutes apart, along with at least three civilians.

Police said they foiled a third explosion and disarmed the bomber.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but authorities suspect the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces rebel group, which operates in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Tuesday’s attack was the second in Kampala in a little more than three weeks.

An explosion on Oct. 23 killed one person, and another two days later killed only the bomber.

Source: UPI