A minimum of three individuals have been killed and dozens of others wounded after two explosions rocked Uganda’s capital, Kampala, in what police described as a coordinated assault.
Police spokesman Fred Enanga mentioned 33 individuals have been being handled on the metropolis’s important public referral hospital. 5 have been critically injured, he mentioned.
Three suicide bombers additionally died within the blasts, police mentioned. The explosions triggered chaos in Kampala as terrified residents fled the town’s centre.
The explosions occurred inside three minutes of one another. Each have been carried out by attackers carrying explosives. A doable assault on a 3rd goal was foiled by police who pursued and disarmed a suspected suicide bomber, Enanga mentioned.
One bomb exploded close to a police station and the opposite on a avenue close to the parliamentary constructing, in accordance with police and witnesses. The explosion close to parliament appeared to hit nearer to a constructing housing an insurance coverage firm and the following hearth engulfed automobiles parked outdoors.
Physique components have been seen scattered on the street, and later some legislators have been seen evacuating the parliamentary constructing close by.
Video footage circulating on social media confirmed individuals fleeing after the assaults, many on passenger bikes, as police cordoned off broad areas close to the blast scenes.
Ugandan officers have been urging vigilance following a string of bomb explosions in current weeks.