Police in Uganda stated Sunday that they had detained a 28-year-old man coming into a church within the capital Kampala with an explosive system he deliberate to make use of for an assault there.
Authorities had been searching three different males additionally believed to have been despatched on comparable bombing missions elsewhere in Uganda, police stated.
The motives had been unclear, however the Islamic State (IS)-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has beforehand carried out lethal bomb assaults in Uganda.
ADF was initially a Ugandan insurgent group however was routed greater than 20 years in the past and fled into the jungles of jap Democratic Republic of Congo the place it has since been based mostly.
The suspect, recognized as Kintu Ibrahim, was detained as he was about to enter a Pentecostal church, Lubaga Miracle Heart, within the Lubaga suburb of south Kampala.
Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango informed journalists safety personnel had picked up intelligence about assaults deliberate on locations of worship and that that they had tracked Ibrahim.
“We obtained info that one terrorist had already been despatched out to go and perform a mission, so that they adopted the terrorist,” he stated.
Onyango stated the suspect had a bag with an improvised explosive system which police detonated safely. Throughout interrogation, Onyango stated, he confessed he had three accomplices who had additionally been despatched to hold out comparable assaults.
“He is serving to us find these individuals,” Onyango stated, including that the suspect was being held on terrorism associated fees.