Uganda: one dead and injured in explosion of a bus near Kampala

The attack comes two days after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group (AEs) in the Ugandan capital.

Le Monde with AFP

One person died and several were injured on Monday 25 October in the explosion of a bus near Kampala, capital of Uganda, police said two days after a deadly attack claimed by the state group Islamic (AEs) in the capital.

“An explosives specialist team was sent to Lungala on the Kampala-Masaka highway, after a deadly explosion in a bus owned by the company Swift Safaris (…) to 17 Hours” (14 GMT) said in a statement Enanga Fred, the spokesman of the Ugandan police. “Access to places was banned pending a thorough assessment and investigation specialists in explosives,” he said.

m. Enanga had initially raised two dead, as one of the leaders of the bus company, but Ugandan police later said only one person had died. “Correction: a person has been dead confirmed by experts in explosives,” said the latter on his Twitter account

/Media reports.