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Uganda stepping up security at hotels, public places after foiling 'terror plot' - police


    KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police said on Saturday that security was being stepped up at hotels and public places after authorities foiled a suspected "terror plot" in the centre of the capital Kampala.

    "We're increasing patrols in the city, major towns and other vulnerable places," Fred Enanga, spokesman for Uganda Police

    told a press conference in Kampala.

    The U.S. Embassy in Uganda had earlier issued a statement saying the Ugandan authorities had uncovered a "terrorist cell" run by the Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab, which they believed was planning an imminent attack. It told U.S. citizens to seek shelter while the authorities carry out an operation against the suspected cell.

    (Reporting by Edith Honan; Editing by Susan Fenton)