Uganda, April 1 -- A hungry customer who ordered for himself a delectable local food in Uganda's capital, Kampala, is reeling from shock after he forked out from the beef stew what appeared to be a child's genital.

Police have detained two suspects - the eatery owner and a waitress - to help with investigations into the Holy Thursday incident that detectives on the case described as bizarre and unprecedented.

We are withholding identities of the duo pending their arraignment in court, if at all.

Mr Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman, said a trader (names withheld) informed them that he had just started eating a meal of boiled rice, steamed bananas and beef stew when he saw the strange flesh.

The custom...