FOLLOW-UP: details of Somali Nationals arrested with Bomb detonator at Speke Munyonyo emerge

By Lady Heart Tina,

KAMPALA:

Police have disclosed further details about a Somali National who was on Monday arrested with a bomb detonation device as he tried to access Speke Resort Hotel in Munyonyo Kampala.

According to police spokesperson CP Fred Enanga, the detonator was detected by security personnel guarding Speke Resort Hotel in Munyonyo as they checked the car before granting it access.

“The device was discovered by the security as they did a thorough search of the vehicle, a Toyota Wish which was being driven by Abdul Karim Mayowu, a 25 year old Somali national and resident of Lungujja in Lubaga division,” Enanga said.

He says that upon interrogation, the suspect revealed that he is a special hire car driver who had been hired by a fellow Somali national identified as Hassan Muhammad to go pick his mother and siblings from the hotel.

CP Enanga said Karim was allegedly driving the vehicle without knowing that it contained a bomb device in it. He added that both Karim, his Boss and other close relatives have been arrested to aid in investigation.

“That is how he drove with this suspected device. We have now arrested the two and also other close associates of the family including 40-year Asili Yasin and 20-year-old Maxbal Masal.” Enanga said.

Additionally, the police mouthpiece explained that the recovered device is one that can operate or detonate a given explosive device.

“We now have a duty to trace backwards for the main component of the suspected explosive device,” Enanga said

Bombings have become part of the terror threats in Uganda and in a course of less than a month, over 4 bombing and attempted bombing incidents have been reported to police in Kampala and Nakaseke districts. Security has since made arrests of some prime suspects who they are terrorists working with the ADF.