Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 7-year-old boy has died in a house fire in Nakasongola District. The fire resulted from a petrol explosion. The deceased has been identified as Asuman Lubega. He was a resident of Kibuye landing site on Lake Kyoga, in Lwampanga Sub-County. It’s reported that during …
Read More »Ukraine admits involvement in Crimean Bridge explosion in 2022
Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) admitted on Saturday that it implemented “certain measures” linked to the explosion on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022. “According to our legislation, international legislation and the customs and traditions of warfare, taking into account the fact that it was …
Read More »Calls mount for probe into alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts
The Nord Stream pipelines, which transported natural gas from Russia to European markets via Germany, were severely damaged last September after blasts in the Baltic Sea Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Three European countries looking into the details surrounding last September’s Nord Stream pipelines explosion said on Tuesday they are not …
Read More »Uganda heightens border security after deadly explosion in DR Congo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan police and military have heightened security at the common border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a deadly explosion Sunday, a police spokesperson has said. Measures have been put in place to avert hostile infiltrations and attacks at the common border …
Read More »Explosive kills two children, injures one in Kumi
Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children were killed and another critically injured in an explosion in Kanapa village, Kanapa sub county, Kumi district on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. The dead are Dinah Acham, 2, and Josephine Ingolet, 5, while the injured is Emmanuel Epaja,7 years. Sam Okiror, the Kanapa …
Read More »Putin denounces Crimean Bridge explosion as terrorist act
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The explosion on the Crimean Bridge was no doubt a terrorist act aimed at destroying Russia’s critical civilian infrastructure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday. “Ukraine’s special services were the initiators, performers and masterminds,” Putin said when meeting with Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee …
Read More »Ordnance explosion kills 2 pupils, critically injures 2 others in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An explosion has killed two pupils and left two others critically injured in Omel sub county, Gulu district. Bosco Abonga, the Deputy Speaker of Omel sub county identifies the deceased as Ronald Rubangakene,12 and Morris Opiyo,13. The injured are Derrick Okello,13 and Brian Rubangakene,12. They …
Read More »Abandoned teargas canister injures five in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five family members are nursing injuries at Mulago National Referral hospital they suffered in a tear gas explosion on Christmas eve. Although earlier police reports had indicated that the victims were injured by a suspected grenade, residents say it was a teargas canister left by …
Read More »Police cautions Ugandans against rushing to explosion scenes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has cautioned Ugandans against rushing to suspected bomb explosion scenes. As some Ugandans mourn their relatives who perished in the Tuesday’s twin suicide bombings in Kampala, police has come out to tell Ugandans to be careful. Two bombs went off near the Kampala Central …
Read More »Security agencies arrest suspect in Swift bus bomb explosion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint Anti-Terrorism taskforce and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence have arrested a one Yusuf Muwonge, a suspect in a recent explosion that detonated in a Swift bus in Lungala, Mpigi district last month. Muwonge had been on security’s wanted list for allegedly taking part …
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