Police in Kampala have safely detonated an improvised explosive device in Kataba slum, Kabalagala in Kampala.
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| Patrick Onyango Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson |
By our reporter.
The development followed a tip off to police by
residents of a ball-like device suspected to be a bomb that had been abandoned
by an unknown person.
According to area residents, an unknown man was seen giving a Christmas
gift fastened with a phone to a commercial sex worker in Kataba trading
centre which turned out to be an IED.
In a swift response to a potential threat, police successfully detonated the
explosive device without causing any harm.
“At around 10:30pm I was approached by residents about a suspected device
abandoned in Kataba area. We called police which intervened rapidly and
exploded the device,” the area defence secretary, Ramathan Ajaga said.
According to the Makindye division Mayor, Kasirye Mulyanyama, such incidents
lend credence to increased insecurity and recklessness.
Patrick Onyango, the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson said
the planted device was successfully detonated in the wee hours of the night
with no human injury registered.
He urged the public to continuously and collectively report any suspicious
activities or objects to ensure the safety of the community.
According to Peace Amaro, a commercial worker who this website spoke to, her
friend Maria Musudan was approached by an unknown customer putting on black and
after business, he left behind a gift in a black pack fastened to a phone.
“The gift package was giving lights and a warning. It is for that reason
that I and my friend Anderson Mukundane advised her to drop the gift and
distance herself from it,” she said.
Musudan however denied having an affair with the suspect who handed her the
explosive device .
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