Isamic State on twin bombings
The Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday issued a stern statement claiming responsibility for the twin blasts that hit the Kampala City center leaving six people dead and over 30 others injured.
All three suicide bombers ,two civilians and a police officer died in the blasts after two bombs exploded three minutes apart near Jubilee Insurance Building on Parliament Avenue and Central Police Station at Buganda Road, .
The statement released on its Telegram channel and consequently reported the ISIS affiliated news agency Amaq News Agency revealed its members carried out both attacks.The ISIS confirmed that they sent suicide bombers with explosive bags to carry out the attacks.
However,Police and other security agencies maintain that the attacks were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist rebel group with its base in the DRC.
During a security briefing on Tuesday afternoon at the Police headquarters in Naguru,Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said the ADF is behind all the recent terrorist attacks in Uganda.
Isamic State on twin bombings
“These attacks come 22 days after the swift bus attack,the nature of the bombs and attacks is their latest strategy and our intelligence established that these are domestic terror groups attached to the ADF .These suicide jackets are built from home made items like nails ,ball bearings ,batteries,phones ,ammonium nitrogen and these are things found in the market,retail shops and supermarkets,we need to be very vigilant.”he said
President Museveni in a twitter statement blamed ADF rebels for the blast saying a total of 81 suspects have been arrested.
“All these are part of the ADF group that attacked Gen. Katumba in June. these terrorists, exposed themselves at a time when our security (anti-crime) infrastructure has improved, compared to what it was in 2018 when I made the speech to Parliament. Seven have been killed while resisting arrest, Eighty one have been arrested and 3 have been killed by the bombs they were carrying.”he said
Museveni said“Apart from hunting the terrorists, the country’s strategy of vigilance (alertness), is helping to minimize damage,therefore, the public should maintain vigilance of checking people at entry points to bus parks, hotels, churches, mosques, markets,”
The ADF joined forces with the ISIS in 2019,pledging allegiance to the rebel group.
