Police chief speaks out about foiled terrorists attack
CAPTION: The Bomb scene where two suspected terrorists were killed in in Munyonyo June 3rd 2025. (Courtesy photo).
By Our reporter
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) said its personnel killed two terrorists who were targeting pilgrims at the Martyrs Day celebrations.
The Acting Director Defense Public Information Col Chris Magezi said the UPDF counter-terrorism unit on an intelligence-led operation today morning intercepted armed terrorists in upscale Munyonyo, leading up to the killings.
The details about the operation remains unclear but reports of a bomb blast are still circulating on media.
Photos from the scene show one dead body and a wrecked motorcycle seemingly from a huge explosion. The incident happened near a Catholic Basilica in Munyonyo.
Inspector General of Police Abbas Byakagaba told journalist at the scene that it is too early to give details about this incident.
“What I can confirm is that there was an explosion, the scene has been cordoned off for experts to investigate. I urged the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious incident around them. Security is alert and the public should stay calm,” he said June 3rd 2025.
One of the suicide bombers killed in Tuesday morning’s foiled terror attack at Munyonyo Basilica has been identified as the daughter of the assailant who blew himself up at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) during the deadly November 2021 terror attacks, security officials have confirmed.
Photographic evidence released by Ugandan intelligence agencies shows the female suspect posing inside an unfinished house, believed to have been a safe hideout before the failed operation. The image has since circulated among top security operatives as part of an ongoing forensic and intelligence review.
The woman, who was wearing a suicide vest, was intercepted by a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) counter-terrorism unit just meters away from Munyonyo Basilica, one of the main Catholic pilgrimage sites for Uganda Martyrs Day.
“Upon being shot, the suicide vests exploded,” a senior military source revealed, confirming that both suspects died instantly in the blast.
However security sources said the attackers arrived on a boda boda motorcycle, which was completely destroyed in the explosion. Human remains, believed to belong to the attackers, were recovered from the scene, which has since been cordoned off by UPDF and police bomb squads.
CAPTION: Photo released by security showing the female suicide bomber in an unfinished house prior to the failed attack. (Photo/Courtesy).
The operation was part of a pre-planned, intelligence-led mission aimed at averting what would have been a devastating attack during Martyrs Day celebrations, an annual event that draws millions of Christian pilgrims from across Uganda and the East African region.
