Security agencies on Saturday morning raided Usafi Mosque in Kisenyi and other locations in the city and arrested " a sizeable number of suspects involved in acts of terrorism & radicalization", according to police.

Two armed suspects were shot dead when they attacked security officers during the operation.

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Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odong is expected to brief the press about this operation.

In 2016, Police raided Kiwatule Mosque and arrested suspects believed to e connected to criminal activities and the recent killings of Muslim clerics.

A year later, the law enforcement body and Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force raided Nakasero Mosque; arrested 11 clerics, vandalized computers and took vital documents