Fear breaks out in Mbale as a resident of Big-Two Village finds a strange object which police later confirms as an explosive. The resident saw the bomb and reported to the area chairman who notified the army of the suspected explosive.

“On Tuesday, May 9 at around midday our joint security team responded to a bomb scare incident at Big-two Village in Busoba Parish, Mbale District. This was after a tip off…by one male adult who was grazing his livestock in the same locality,” Maj Oware said.

Joint security forces of the police and the UPDF were able to recover the hand grenade and handed over to bomb experts who cordoned off the scene before the unexploded hand grenade was taken away for further investigations.

“The joint team was able to recover a brand-new hand grenade… inside grass suspected to have been dropped or hidden a few days ago,” Maj Oware said.
“We thank the local leadership and residents for maintaining vigilance and cooperation,” he added.

Maj. Isaac Oware (3rd UPDF  division spokesperson) confirmed the incident.

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