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Uganda makes arrests after twin deadly blasts
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July 13, 2010, Tuesday
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UGANDA has made arrests after Somali Islamists said they detonated two bombs killing at least 74 people, and an unexploded suicide-bomb belt has been found at a third site, a government spokesman said today,
The twin explosions ripped through two bars heaving with soccer fans watching the closing moments of the World Cup final on television late on Sunday.
"Arrests were made late yesterday after an unexploded suicide bomber's belt was found in the Makindye area (of the capital Kampala)," said government spokesman Fred Opolot.
He did not say how many people were arrested after the attacks, for which a radical, al Qaeda-inspired Somali group, al Shabaab claimed responsibility. Al Shabaab have threatened further attacks on Uganda and Burundi, both of which have peacekeepers in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, if the troops are not withdrawn.
Opolot said there was no suggestion an African Union summit to be hosted by Uganda later this month would be cancelled following the bombings.
The twin explosions ripped through two bars heaving with soccer fans watching the closing moments of the World Cup final on television late on Sunday.
"Arrests were made late yesterday after an unexploded suicide bomber's belt was found in the Makindye area (of the capital Kampala)," said government spokesman Fred Opolot.
He did not say how many people were arrested after the attacks, for which a radical, al Qaeda-inspired Somali group, al Shabaab claimed responsibility. Al Shabaab have threatened further attacks on Uganda and Burundi, both of which have peacekeepers in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, if the troops are not withdrawn.
Opolot said there was no suggestion an African Union summit to be hosted by Uganda later this month would be cancelled following the bombings.
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