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Uganda: Bomb Suspects Under Surveillance

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Original Post Date: 2010-08-02 Time: 18:00:01  Posted By: News Poster

By Charles Ariko

Kampala – The three Kenyan suspects jailed on Friday in connection with the July 11 twin bomb blasts in Kampala have been placed under 24-hour surveillance in Luzira Upper Prison. The suspects are facing charges of terrorism, murder and attempted murder.

Hussein Hassan Agad, who is now prisoner number UR 641/10, Mohamed Adan Abdow, (UR 642/10) and Idris Magondu (UR 643/10) are the most highly guarded inmates in Luzira.

The three are said to have caused the death of 76 soccer fans who were watching the final game of the World Cup at Kyadondo Rugby Club and at the Ethiopian Village in Kabalagala, a city suburb.

Frank Baine, the Prisons spokesman, yesterday explained that they could not allow the terrorism suspects to mix with other inmates. “We have experience with the Allied Democratic Forces rebels. When we allowed them to interact with other inmates, they started converting them and some joined the rebel group after leaving prison,” Baine said.

“They will be tried and at an appropriate time, they will be deported,” Baine added. Sources in Luzira said: “Those people are kept in an area where there are closed-circuit TVs (CCTVs). They are monitored all the time.” The New Vision has learnt that the three are being detained in the wing where Dr. Kizza Besigye was held on charges of treason and rape in 2006. They are only allowed to move along the corridors and “even when they are sleeping in their cells, a guard keeps an eye on them,” the source said.

The suspects were charged on Friday before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate, Deo Sejjemba, who remanded them until August 27.

They did not enter any plea because murder and terrorism are only triable by the High Court. Attempted murder can be tried by a chief magistrate. The trio faces 61 counts of murder for the victims who died at Kyadondo and 15 counts for those who died at the Ethiopian Village.

A team of detectives, led by the director of criminal investigations, Edward Ochom, interrogated the suspects for over seven hours in Luzira on Saturday.

Sources said Ochom and his team arrived in Luzira at around 1:00pm in the company of people believed to be FBI agents. The team left Luzira at 7:00pm.

Asked about the interrogations, Baine said the Police was at liberty to access the suspects as long as they were cleared by the commissioner general of Prisons.

Meanwhile, sources said security is still holding over 40 suspects in connection with the terrorism attacks.

The suspects were arrested in various places across the country, many of them from Soroti.

Most of the suspects are said to be Somalis, with seven Pakistan nationals. Also among the suspects are Ugandans, a Yemeni and a Congolese, sources said.

Some of the suspects were picked from Mbale.

Sources disclosed that the three Kenyans were arrested in Kenya following evidence linking them to a mobile phone found together with an unexploded bomb in Makindye, a day after the blasts.

About 10 to 15 suspects, including Isa Ssenkumba, a Ugandan said to be linked to the Somali al-Shabaab militants, may be jointly charged with the Kenyans. The al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks,

Ssenkumba was arrested in Kenya and handed over to Uganda.

It is not clear when the suspects may appear in court, but sources said they might be charged on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Additional reporting by Steven Candia

Original Source: New Vision (Kampala)
Original date published: 1 August 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201008021209.html?viewall=1