{"id":2373,"date":"2021-11-16T18:53:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2021-11-16T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T19:04:41","slug":"double-suicide-bombing-hits-uganda-capital-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=2373","title":{"rendered":"Double Suicide Bombing hits Uganda Capital Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An explosion near Parliament building set several vehicles ablaze in Kampala, Uganda. [Ivan Kabuye\/AFP] (AFP).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;At least three people have been killed and 33 others injured in twin suicide bombings in Uganda\u2019s capital Kampala, police said, the latest in a string of attacks over the past month.<br><br>\u201cSo far 33 are injured and five are critically injured,\u201d police spokesman Fred Enanga told a press conference on Tuesday, adding that the attacks were carried out by three suicide bombers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The explosions \u2013 one very close to parliament and one near the central police station \u2013 sent bloodied office workers scrambling for cover over shards of broken glass as a plume of white smoke rose above the downtown area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A single suicide bomber carried out the first blast near the checkpoint at the police station, which killed two people, Enanga said. 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