Uganda Charges 15 With Terrorism for Role in ISIS-Linked Bombings

Uganda Charges 15 With Terrorism for Role in ISIS-Linked Bombings
Police officers in personal protective equipment (PPE) investigate around the police cars destroyed by a bomb explosion in front of Central Police Station in Kampala, Uganda, on Nov. 16, 2021. Lawrence Kitatta/AFP via Getty Images
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KAMPALA—Uganda on Thursday charged 15 people with offenses including terrorism and aiding terrorism related to their alleged role in bombings in the country’s capital and elsewhere in October and November that left at least nine people dead.

In the early hours of Nov. 16, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a police station in the center of Kampala. Three minutes later, two other suicide bombers detonated along a road that leads to the parliament.