Bomb blast kills 2 in Kampala, Uganda

Feb 17, 2007 (KAMPALA) — A bomb exploded in a vehicle has killed two people and injured three others at Mateete, a suburb of Kampala, capital of Uganda, Daily Monitor reported on Saturday. Police said that one of the dead is a Uganda People’s Defense Force soldier.

Ivan Nkwasibwe, division police commander of Central Police Station in Kampala said that it is suspected the dead soldier was moving with a hand grenade in his car. The grenade went off at around 8:15 p.m. (1715 GMT) on Friday.

“I was told the grenade went off in the vehicle as it briefly stopped at the traffic lights. It seems he was moving with a grenade,” Nkwasibwe said.

He said the police have launched an investigation to establish the circumstances that led to the blast. They cordoned off the area and blocked the road leading to Kabojja after the event.

(Xinhua)