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10:42 CAT | 16 Nov 2021
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Two blasts have gone off in the central business district of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
Reports indicate that one explosion went off at a shopping mall near the central police station and another, near Parliament.
Office buildings shook when the blasts went off, some witnesses have told the BBC.
The cause of the blasts, or if there have been any casualties, are not yet confirmed.
Last month, two separate explosions in the country killed two people. One killed a waitress at a bar and the other, a suicide bomber who had smuggled the explosives onto a bus.
Authorities in the country have blamed the October blasts on the Ugandan Islamist militant group, the Allied Democratic Forces, who are based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
At least 50 people have been arrested, and some charged in court, since those recent incidents.
The Daily Monitor newspaper has shared a video of cars burning outside an insurance building after the blast:
VIDEO: Cars filmed burning after an explosion was reported at Jubilee Insurance along Parliament Avenue in Kampala City#MonitorUpdates@DavyLubzpic.twitter.com/LxqMOcIsLl
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) November 16, 2021
Two people die in Kampala blasts – reports
Two people have been confirmed dead after blasts in Uganda’s capital Kampala, media outlets are reporting.
Reuters news agency is citing a local television station on the death toll.
NTV Uganda has said Kampala Mayor Salim Uhuru as its source on one of the deaths.
Police are yet to give any updates on casualties.
An NTV reporter said he saw body parts strewn in one of the blast sites:
VIDEO: This is what our reporter, Sudhir Byaruhanga told us as soon as he arrived at Parliamentary avenue, where a bomb explosion went off a couple of minutes back. #NTVNews
Watch 👇👇 pic.twitter.com/k97fZxqMrn
— NTV UGANDA (@ntvuganda) November 16, 2021
Qaraxyo khasaro geystay oo ka dhacay Magalada Kampala e casimadda dalka Uganda
Labo qarax o xooggan aya ka dhacay Kampala, mid waxa uu ka dhacay meel u dhow Xarun lagu tukamaysto o dhowr tallabo u jirta saldhigga booliska & mid kale oo ka dhacay waddo ku dhow xarunta barlamanka pic.twitter.com/1doIX06wSm
— Cabdi Casiis Xidig (@Cabdicasisxidig) November 16, 2021
Bomb blast in Kampala pic.twitter.com/XSiA5P6GEa
— Carol wa Bobi (@CarolwaBobi1) November 16, 2021
Security Alert:
Alert: Twin Terror attacks.
Location: Uganda, Kampala.Issues: IED blasts one along Parliamentary Avenue near Jubilee Insurance offices, another near police headquarters CPS.
No Casualties reported yet, No claim of responsibility yet, suspected ISCAP attack. pic.twitter.com/gTZEfcBvkj
— Armistice Security Consult International ® (@ArmisticeSecure) November 16, 2021
Source: BBC
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