https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211026-ugandan-police-blame-adf-group-for-bus-blast
Ugandan police said a blast on a bus Monday evening that injured several people was a suicide bombing carried out by a jihadist from the ADF group, which was also suspected of plotting to attack “major installations.”
“The incident was confirmed as… (a) suicide bomb attack, where the attacker died in the explosion,” police spokesman Fred Enanga said on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old bomber was “on the wanted list of members” of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), he said.
The much-feared ADF, historically a Ugandan rebel group, has been accused of killing thousands of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In March the United States officially linked the ADF to the Islamic State group.
The explosion on the long-distance bus near the Ugandan capital Kampala followed a bombing at a cafe on Saturday evening that killed one person and injured three others.
Enanga said they had established “a high connectivity” between the two attacks.
“There are individuals or groups of individuals preparing these IEDs who (belong to) the same group of attackers,” Enanga said, referring to improvised explosive devices.
Enanga said police had arrested a number of ADF operatives in the country, who were suspected of hatching “a plot to carry out a major incident on major installations.”
“We strongly believe the attackers are part of the sleeper cells in the country, inspired by ADF in close collaboration with the Islamic State,” Enanga said in a statement following a press conference….
Ugandan police said a blast on a bus Monday evening that injured several people was a suicide bombing carried out by a jihadist from the ADF group, which was also suspected of plotting to attack “major installations.”
“The incident was confirmed as… (a) suicide bomb attack, where the attacker died in the explosion,” police spokesman Fred Enanga said on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old bomber was “on the wanted list of members” of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), he said.
The much-feared ADF, historically a Ugandan rebel group, has been accused of killing thousands of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In March the United States officially linked the ADF to the Islamic State group.
The explosion on the long-distance bus near the Ugandan capital Kampala followed a bombing at a cafe on Saturday evening that killed one person and injured three others.
Enanga said they had established “a high connectivity” between the two attacks.
“There are individuals or groups of individuals preparing these IEDs who (belong to) the same group of attackers,” Enanga said, referring to improvised explosive devices.
Enanga said police had arrested a number of ADF operatives in the country, who were suspected of hatching “a plot to carry out a major incident on major installations.”
“We strongly believe the attackers are part of the sleeper cells in the country, inspired by ADF in close collaboration with the Islamic State,” Enanga said in a statement following a press conference….
