Police find bomb at Bbira as most wanted terrorist escape

KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: Counter-terror tactical teams, on Thursday carried out a raid at a  home of Kaggwa Umar, who is said to have been harboring one of the most wanted terror suspect, identified as Muwonge Yusuf, a 28 year old, male adult, linked to the bombings in Komamboga.Muwonge is also linked to Swift Safaris bus bombing on October 26. The home is located in Kireka Bbira Village, Nakabuga Parish, and in Wakiso District.

“We believe the dangerous terrorist, Muwonge Yusuf, escaped moments before the raid on his hideout. He however, abandoned an assembled improvised electronic device, which appeared ready for planting. Our bomb experts managed to disrupt the explosive device and rendered it safe,” Police spokesperson Fred Enanga  said in a statement on Friday evening.

The device was established to have an electronic detonator, main charges, ball bearings, nails, batteries, black insulation tapes and a switch similar to a bomb detonated at Komamboga and on the Swift safaris bus.

“We have launched a serious manhunt for Muwonge Yusuf, who appears to have been operating in the same domestic terror cell, with Matovu Isaac alias Muzafaru, the suicide bomber,” Enanga said.

Muwonge, Enganga says is in a hyper mood, and has shifted from Lweeza, where he was staying with Matovu Isaac, moved to Wamala Katooke, Nansana and his last hideout in Kireka –Biira. We want to warn anyone who will be found harboring or aiding Muwonge Yusuf, that they will face serious consequences for doing so.

“We have meanwhile arrested his landlord, identified as Kagwa Umar, for harboring the dangerous suspect at his home in Kireka –Bbira, being in possession of a bomb and as to whether he has any connections, to the radical ADF linked groups, in the country”.

The operations to counter all forms of terror are ongoing, and have so far led to several arrests and recovery of dangerous weapons