The US has issued a warning concerning imminent terror attacks on Monday. The warning is following a bomb attack attempt over the weekend.
The US embassy gave the warning after the Uganda Police foiled a bomb attack in the nation’s capital, Kampala, after suspicions of an explosive at a business centre.
The warning was disclosed on the website of the US embassy in Uganda, stating, “We are following press reports and police statements of an improvised explosive device discovered at a Kampala-area church in the Rubaga division September 3 which police located and defused along with unconfirmed reports of potential additional devices.”
“We remind you that the U.S. Department of State’s Travel Advisory for Uganda is at a Level 3 (Reconsider travel) for terrorism. There remains a threat of terrorist attacks in Uganda and throughout the region. As anyone can be a victim, U.S. citizens should remain alert and avoid large public gatherings.” The warning said.
The US embassy alerted that “there remains a threat of terrorist attacks in Uganda and throughout the region,” after the business centre was evacuated.
US citizens were further warned to stay vigilant and keep away from large gatherings after a failed suicide bomb attack.
According to the spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police, Patrick Onyango, the 28-year-old suspected suicide bomber, Kintu Abdurahman, was arrested by the police moments before he set foot on a church, Rubaga Miracle Centre.
The church is headed by renowned Ugandan preacher, Pastor Robert Kayanja.
Onyango explained that the suspect, now in custody, was assisting the police in identifying three other terror suspects believed to be part of a coordinated plan targeting churches across the African state of Uganda.
The US embassy issued warnings of imminent terror attacks after the suspect was apprehended with a bag containing an improvised explosive device in a food flask.
Uganda Authorities were able to successfully detonate the explosive. The device comprised of a cell phone, detonator, nails, a booster charger, and other components.
The African State is bordered to its North by Ethiopia and war-torn Sudan, where millions have been displaced and thousands killed in a para-military conflict. Uganda stands surrounded
Uganda’s neighbour, Ethiopia, has been immersed in a long run of violence in its Amhara region, where local militia and government forces have continued to battle after the Tigray conflict.
After days of fighting, the government was prompted to proclaim a state of emergency, a senior Ethiopian official said that militants in the Amhara region were attempting to topple both the regional and federal governments.