This was revealed by the Kampala Metropolitan Area deputy Police spokesperson and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Luke Owoyesigyire.

This was revealed by Kampala Metropolitan Area deputy Police spokesperson and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Luke Owoyesigyire.

The suspected bomb attack occurred at Industrial zone, Kagugube,Central division in Kampala city when an explosive ordnance went off injuring five people.

“It is alleged that Jennifer Birungi’s daughter Katusiime was given secondhand clothes by a friend only identified as Anita, who is in Dubai. The complainant, Birungi, said as they sorted the clothes in their home yard, they saw a metallic bottle with a blue colour and suspected it to be an explosive. The granddaughter threw it in the dust bin but another granddaughter secretly removed it from the bin and brought it back to the house,” ASP Owoyesigyire said.

He added that the child began toying with it and, in the process, it was opened. Then it exploded, injuring five people in the house.

ASP Owoyesigyire identified the victims as Jennifer Birungi, 45 a KCCA cleaner, Harriet Kabasinguzi, 25, Poni Elizabeth, Mitchell Nakandi and Vanessa Birungi, 10.

“The incident is being investigated with the view of identifying the exact origin of the explosive ordnance. The five victims are currently admitted at the National Referral Hospital at Mulago for treatment. Our task team has recovered pieces of the explosive, which have been submitted to experts for analysis,” he said.

The police appealed to members of the public to report any suspicious looking items, so that they may be disposed of in case they are of an incendiary nature.

This unfortunate news comes few hours after officials blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for a suicide bomber attack on a restaurant and bar in Beni on Christmas Day, killing at least six people in the eastern Congolese town.