Uganda: One Confirmed Dead in Another Explosion On Passenger Bus

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Uganda: One Confirmed Dead in Another Explosion On Passenger Bus

[Monitor] Police said Monday that one person had been confirmed dead and several others injured in an explosion reported on a bus in Mpigi District in central Uganda.

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