2010 Kampala bombings

2010 Kampala bombings
2010 Kampala bombings
	Map of the two attack locations
Location	Kampala, Uganda
Coordinates	00°17′57″N 32°36′18″E / 0.29917°N 32.60500°E (Ethiopian Village); 00°19′30″N 32°36′28″E / 0.32500°N 32.60778°E (Kyadondo Rugby Club);
Date	11 July 2010 ; 10:25 pm – approx. 11:18 pm (UTC+3)
Target	Crowds watching broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup Final
Attack type	Suicide bombings
Weapons	Explosive belts
Deaths	74
Injured	85
Perpetrators	Al-Shabaab

On 11 July 2010, suicide bombings were carried out against crowds watching a screening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final at two locations in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The attacks left 74 dead and 85 injured. Al-Shabaab, an Islamist militia based in Somalia that has ties to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the blasts as retaliation for Ugandan support for AMISOM.^[5] In March 2015, the trial of 13 Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian alleged perpetrators of the bombings began at the High Court of Uganda.^[6]

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