Terror Suspects Remanded in Custody in Uganda
Ten people arrested during a major security swoop in Uganda's capital were remanded in custody Wednesday after appearing in court on terror-related charges.
Ugandan police carried out a wave of arrests and reportedly uncovered explosives in the capital Kampala on September 13, just hours after the U.S. embassy in Uganda told its citizens in the country to seek shelter indoors because of fears of an "imminent" attack.
On Wednesday a group of 10 people accused of being members of Somalia's al-Qaida-affiliated Shebab rebels appeared in a Kampala court, where Magistrate Simon Kintu remanded them in custody and adjourned the case to October 7.
The accused were identified as residents of a Somali district of Kampala, nine of them Somali citizens and one of them a Kenyan. The group, which included two women, one wearing a long black veil and another wearing a pink one, were packed into a dock and surrounded by police.
According to a charge sheet, those indicted are aged between 20 and 31 and are described as refugees, businessmen and drivers.
It said the suspects "and others still at large" had "aided and/or abetted and rendered support to Al Shebab group knowing and or having reason to believe that the support rendered would be applied and used for or in connection with the preparation and or commission of acts or terrorism".
State attorney Anguzu Lino told the court the investigation was in the "advanced stages", but that it was clear the suspects posed a "grave danger" to the country.
Source: Agence France Presse
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