Al-Shabab leader threatens more Uganda attacks

July 15, 2010 02:46 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 09:19 pm IST - Mogadishu

A relative carries a photograph of Alice Kyalimpa one of 76 people who was killed in the Sunday bomb blast, being buried in Wakiso about 25km west of Kampala on Wednesday. Photo: AP.

A relative carries a photograph of Alice Kyalimpa one of 76 people who was killed in the Sunday bomb blast, being buried in Wakiso about 25km west of Kampala on Wednesday. Photo: AP.

Mogadishu The leader of the al—Qaeda—linked Somali militant group that claimed responsibility for twin bombings in Uganda during the World Cup final is threatening further attacks.

The leader of al—Shabab Sheik Muktar Abu Zubayr also thanked the militants who carried out Sunday’s twin bombings in Uganda. The attacks killed 76 people.

In the audio message played on Mogadishu radio stations on Thursday, Abu Zubayr told Uganda’s president that Sunday’s attacks were only the beginning.

The bombings on Sunday ripped through a restaurant and rugby club. Al—Shabab said the bombings were revenge for Uganda’s deployment of peacekeepers in Mogadishu with the African Union.

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