Two bombs have killed more than 60 people and wounded scores of World Cup fans watching at two popular locations in the Ugandan capital Kampala late 11 July, minutes before the end of the final match between Spain and the Netherlands. At one location, the Ethiopan Garden, a bomb was left underneath a table. The second bomb went off at a rugby club on the outskirts of the city.
“We have 64 dead and 65 injured. The nationalities of all the fatalities will be released later,” Judith Nabakooba, Uganda’s national police spokesman, told Al-Jazeera.
Foreigners, including one American, are feared dead. No one has claimed responsibility for the action, but the Somali Islamist rebel group Al-Shaabab linked to al-Qaeda is suspected. Ugandan troops serve in the UN peacekeeping force in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Over 204,000 people have fled their homes in the northern suburbs of Mogadishu, Somalia to escape fighting since Islamist militants began their campaign eight weeks ago to gain control of the city, according to Geneva-based UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). Local groups working with the UN agency say that fighting has claimed 105 lives and 380 wounded in the past week.
