{"id":5833,"date":"2023-10-16T07:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T07:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2023-10-16T08:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T08:23:55","slug":"ugandan-police-foil-plot-to-bomb-churches-museveni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2023\/10\/16\/ugandan-police-foil-plot-to-bomb-churches-museveni\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan Police Foil Plot to Bomb Churches \u2013 Museveni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By BBC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">Ugandan police foiled a bomb attack on churches by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">The Islamic State-linked militants were on Sunday planning to plant two bombs in churches in Kibibi, about 50 km (30 miles) from the capital Kampala, Museveni wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">But the devices \u201cwere reported to police and defused\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">The president said the bombs were concealed as address systems and gifted to local pastors. They were reported by vigilant members of the public, he said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">Earlier the same day, Museveni said Ugandan forces had carried out air strikes against four ADF positions in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">\u201cIt seems quite a number of terrorists were killed,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_7\">He warned that the escaping ADF \u201care re-entering Uganda and trying to commit some random terrorist acts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_8\">In June, ADF militants killed 42 people, including 37 students in a high school in western Uganda near the border with DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_9\">It was one of the deadliest ADF attacks in the country.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1uj34j35oac.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-652cbbde8ae7803bb6843818.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Ugandan police foiled a bomb attack on churches by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said. 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