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Uganda Police Hunt Terror Suspect Planning Attacks on Foreigners
[AnNahar] Police in Uganda on Friday said they were hunting a terrorist suspect they believe is linked to Somalia's Shabaab Lions of Islam and was planning an "imminent" attack in the capital Kampala.Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said the suspect, who remains on the lam, had plotted to attack places popular with foreigners. "From intelligence, they were actually targeting public places patronized by basically the whites, like some of the shopping malls," said Enanga. "The intelligence was also talking about parks and markets within the city center," he said. Enanga said the suspect was "very most likely linked" to Somalia's Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate responsible for double suicide kabooms that killed at least 76 people in Kampala in 2010. The United States embassy in Uganda had on Wednesday issued an emergency terror warning to its nationals. "The U.S. Embassy has received information of possible terrorist threats to locations where Westerners, including U.S. citizens, congregate in Kampala, and that an attack may take place soon," the embassy said. A similar warning was issued by the U.S. in September, after which Ugandan security forces seized boom jackets and explosives during a raid on a suspected Shabaab cell in Kampala. Uganda is a key contributor to the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... 's AMISOM force battling the Shabaab inside Somalia, making the country a target. Police on Friday said the single suspect had already entered the country and was being sought. "We have the name and particulars, we are working on the identity," said Enanga. Police chief Kale Kayihura said the threat had been "imminent." "The threat was very specific, the attack was supposed to happen yesterday," he told news hounds at a presser at police headquarters. Kayihura said Uganda has "foiled" numerous plots since the deadly 2010 attacks. "There have been very many attempts, we've defeated them," he said. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-28 |
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