Cops Foil New Uganda Attack, Bust Duo

Bomb in bag abandoned in popular hangout
By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 13, 2010 3:40 AM CDT
Cops Foil New Uganda Attack, Bust Duo
America traveler Kris Sledge rests in the International Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Sledge is one of 5 US citizens injured during a bomb blast in an Ethiopian restaurant in Kampala.   (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)

Terrorists planted yet another bomb in a crowded bar in the Ugandan capital last night, but police foiled the attempted attack following a tip off from the bar's management. "A cell phone kept ringing from the bag and when an attendant opened the bag, the phone was attached to several wires," a security source told the Wall Street Journal. The homemade bomb could have exploded had anyone tried to answer the phone.

The attempt is the latest to rock Uganda, after a pair of bombs targeting World Cup revelers in the capital city of Kampala killed at least 76 people Sunday. Police believe the Somali militant group al-Shabab is behind the recent attacks in Kampala. At least two people have been arrested in connection with the bombings.
(More Uganda stories.)

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