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Casualties: 64 dead Sunday July 11, 2010 Uganda World Cup Soccer Bombing Twin bomb blasts characteristic of international Islamist terrorists struck fans at a bar and ruby club in Uganda's capital city of Uganda who were watching the World Soccer Club. No group claimed credit for killing of at least 64 people, but suspicion fell on the Somali al Shabaab group which had vowed revenge for sending troops to their nation. An al Shabaab commander Sheikh Yusuf Isse praised the attacks from Somalia, but would not confirm his group was responsible. “We know Uganda is against Islam and so we are very happy at what has happened in Kampala. That is the best news we ever heard”
- Al Shabab
- Al Qaeda aligned
- Africa attack
- Iran, Sudan supports Al Shabab
- terrorism
- sports attack
.Topics
- Americans: the U.S. embassy in Kampala said one American was killed in the bomb blasts.
- Dead: “Sixty-four are confirmed dead. Fifteen people at the Ethiopian Village and 49 at Lugogo Rugby Club. Seventy-one people are injured,”
- Evil minded: “We have evil-minded characters who have been warning us, like the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces), al Shabaab and the Lord’s Resistance Army,” Kayihura said.
Two bombs were set off on Sunday night in Uganda's capital, Kampala
· Uganda bombings kill 64 as World Cup fans targeted
simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds
bombs were placed at the Kayadondo Rugby club, frequented by expatriates as well as a popular Ethiopian restaurant
Somali Islamists said on Monday they had carried out two bomb attacks in Uganda that killed 74 soccer fans watching the World Cup
killed at least 23 people packed into bars in the Ugandan capital Kampala to watch the World Cup final on Sunday
By Elias Biryabarema
Elias Biryabarema has worked at Thomson Reuters, studied at Makerere University, lives in Kampala, Uganda and is from Mbarara. Join Facebook to connect with Elias
KAMPALA | Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:30am EDT
(Reuters) – Suspected Somali Islamists carried out two bomb attacks that killed at least 64 people in the Ugandan capital as they watched the World Cup final at a restaurant and a sports club, authorities said on Monday.
Suspicion fell on the al Shabaab rebel group, which claims links with al Qaeda, after the severed head of a Somali suspected suicide bomber was found at one of the blast sites.
The explosions ripped through two bars packed with soccer fans watching the final moments ofWorld Cup final in an Ethiopian-themed restaurant and at a gathering in a Kampala rugby club on Sunday. Al Qaeda-inspired al Shabaab militants in Somalia have threatened to attack Uganda for sending peacekeeping troops to the anarchic country to prop up the Western-backed government.
- Similar to twin bombing of Boston Marathon in 2013
.Al Shbab
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There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombings. An al Shabaab commander in Mogadishu praised the attacks but admitted he did not know whether his group was responsible. “Uganda is a major infidel country supporting the so-called government of Somalia,” said Sheikh Yusuf Isse, an al Shabaab commander in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. “We know Uganda is against Islam and so we are very happy at what has happened in Kampala. That is the best news we ever heard,” he said.
.Sources
- Jul 11, 2010 · Two bombs were set off on Sunday night in Uganda's capital, Kampala. Normally a quiet city, the bombs went off unexpectedly and killed more than 70 …bombs were placed at the Kayadondo Rugby club, frequented by expatriates as well as a popular Ethiopian restaurant. Both spots were packed with people watching the World Cup final. The BBC reports that the Ugandan authorities believe the Somali militant group al-Shabab could be behind the attack.Read More:
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