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Africa · October 24, 2021 · 7:00 PM UTC

Nail bomb kills one at restaurant in Ugandan capital

A bomb that killed at least one person in a pork restaurant on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital Kampala was packed with nails and shrapnel, police said on Sunday.

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