Via newvision.co.ug (Uganda) -
Al Qaeda terrorists posing as television crews planned to blow up the Queen by smuggling explosives into last year’s Commonwealth summit, a UK newpaper, The Sunday Express, reported yesterday.
Two outside broadcast vans belonging to the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) were seized after a tip-off from intelligence agents.
As a result, UBC was unable to transmit live pictures of key summit events, including Queen Elizabeth’s historic address to the Ugandan Parliament on November 22.
The coordinator of security agencies in Uganda, Gen. David Tinyefuza said: “We received reports on plots to generally destabilise CHOGM and threats against the principals (heads of State). We were monitoring and we acted on the threats effectively.”
Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, the Minister of Internal Affairs, told the UK newspaper: “We received information that a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, the Allied Democratic Forces, was planning to carry out terrorist activities at the Commonwealth meeting. The security services in Uganda neutralised the threats.”
The newspaper said Rugunda refused to comment on reports that Ugandan armed forces seized a speedboat loaded with arms and homemade bombs. A number of suspected ADF guerrillas aboard the boat on Lake Victoria were arrested. Rugunda added: “A number of suspects have been arrested but I cannot comment on the specifics of this case. What I can say is that we stepped up security because of the Al Qaeda threat but it was neutralised by our security services. “
In the end, the summit was incident free and Uganda was happy to receive such distinguished guests led by Her Majesty the Queen.”
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