Terror attack against US embassy in Uganda thwarted

Fox News:

Ugandan authorities on Saturday thwarted an attempted terror attack, just days after the terror group al Shabab vowed revenge for U.S. air strikes that killed its leader.

Uganda police reportedly arrested several suspects and recovered explosives in the capitol of Kampala, according to The Wall Street Journal. However authorities did not say whether the suspects are members of al Shabab, an Al Qaeda affiliate.

The announcement about the arrests was made just hours after the U.S. embassy in Uganda warned Americans in the country that an attack was “imminent” and to stay indoors.

The embassy had warned in the aftermath of leader Ahmed Abdi Godane’s death earlier this month about the potential for a revenge attack.

A Police spokesman told the newspaper Saturday that the investigation is ongoing and that authorities are “increasing vigilance of security at all public places, particular vulnerable places such as hotels, shopping places, bars and restaurants."

The embassy said on its website that security would be increased at the Entebbe International Airport.
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This suggest that we had pretty good intelligence on the al Shabab plans for a revenge attack.  Whether they got all the actors is unkown at this time.  Uganda police evidently acted swiftly on the information.