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Deadly Explosions Near Uganda's Parliament, Central Police Station

by Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA --

   Two explosions near the central police station and parliament in
   Uganda's capital, Kampala, have left at least three people dead.

   The blasts Tuesday morning shattered windows and left cars burning on
   the streets of Uganda's capital, Kampala.

   Two lifeless bodies were visible near Uganda's parliament and one
   outside the central police station as security closed off the area.

   The deputy director of Uganda's National Referral Hospital Mulago,
   Rosemary Byanyima, says they received 27 injured, seven of them in
   critical condition.

   This is the third explosion in Kampala since October, when a bomb at a
   restaurant killed one person and injured five others.

   Ugandan authorities have not yet assigned blame for Tuesday's blasts.
   Past attacks have been claimed by Islamic State militants.