Fact about the July 11, 2010 bomb blasts
Jul 11, 2013
Exactly 3 years ago, the Somali-based al-Shabaab militants, who have close links with the world’s leading terror group, Al Qaeda, attacked Uganda, killing 76 people who were watching the final of the FIFA World Cup.
Exactly 3 years ago, the Somali-based al-Shabaab militants, who have close links with the world’s leading terror group, Al Qaeda, attacked Uganda, killing 76 people who were watching the final of the FIFA World Cup.
· The bombs went off almost simultaneously at the Kyaddondo Rugby Grounds at Lugogo and the Ethiopian Village in Kabalagala, Kampala. al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombings.
· The Somali-based al-Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the explosions, saying it was avenging the presence of Ugandan peace-keepers in the war-torn Horn of African country.
· Seventeen suspects, the majority being foreigners, are still on trial over the tragedy. The suspects face three counts of terrorism, 76 counts of murder and 10 of attempted murder.
· The East African Court of Appeal Justice ruled that seven of the 14 suspects are legally detained in Uganda.
· The suspects had asked the region’s Court of the First Instance Division to release them on the ground that their extradition to Uganda did not follow due process of extradition – ‘having been abducted, forcibly removed from Kenya and handed over to Uganda where they are illegally detained’.
· Hardly 24 hours after the 3 bomb blasts that killed about 76 in Kampala, police detonated another bomb at Makindye House.
· The Government announced 7 days of mourning following the July 11th, bomb blasts that claimed 76 lives including 14 Foreigners. Flags flew at half mask for a week.
· A survivor was presumed dead and dumped in a mortuary and was discovered after spending 2 days among the dead. Junior Ssemujju, a carpenter and stage organizer with Silk Events sustained a cracked skull and was put under intensive care after he was discovered alive in the mortuary. He is alive today.
July 11 terror suspects
· Hussein Hassan
· Agad alias Hussein Agade
· Mohammed Adan Abdow
· Idris Magondu alias Christopher Magondu
· Mohammad Hamid Suleiman
· Yahya Suleiman Mbuthia
· Habib Suleiman Njoroge
· Omar Awadh Omar
· Ismail Abubaker
· Al Amin Kimathi
· Khalifa Mohammad Abdu
· Dr. Ismail Kalule
· Abubakari Batemayo
· Hijar Suleiman Nyamandondo
· Mohammed AliMohammed
The Ugandan suspects are;
· Isa Ahammed Luyima
· Edris Nsubuga
· Hassan Haruna Luyima
· Abubakari Batemyetto,
· Muhamoud Mugisha
· Muzafar Luyima.
Bomb Blasts In Uganda Since 1997
1. August 1, 1997: Nateete attack injures 2.
2. August 1, 1997: A girl injured in Nakulabye.
3. August 10, 1997: Kawempe woman killed in a bomb blast.
4. September 9, 1997: A child is killed in Kawempe.
5. October 30, 1997: Two injured in a Kafumbe Mukasa road explosion.
6. January 1, 1998: Five die at Kikubamutwe blast in Kibuli.
7. April 1, 1998: Woman killed at Speke Hotel and another blast at Uganda House injures 10, among them 3 Burundians and a swede.
8. August 8, 1998: A world cup viewer at Issabella pub in Makindye is killed in a blast.
9. October 23, 1998: A suspected terrorist in Najankumbi as he assembled a bomb.
10. November 2, 1998: Former state Minister and MP for Palisa County; Muhammed Mayanja is injured in a blast.
11. February 15, 1999: 4 people Killed on Valentine in Kabalagala.
12. April 15, 1999: Three die in a blast behind Nakivubo stadium on Kafumbe Mukasa road.
13. January 29, 2001: Three bomb blasts wound six in Kampala.
14. March 16, 2001: Two die from two bomb blasts along Kampala road and Mitala Maria on Masaka road.
15. March 17, 2001: Pedestrians killed by a bomb blast along Kafumbe Mukasa road. Among them was a woman.
16. March 29, 2001: Police detonate a bomb found at Owino Market.
17. June 5, 2001: Fifteen people injured by blasts in two taxis at Maganjo and the new taxi park.
18. July 8, 2001: Three bombs explode in Jinja, injuring six people.
19. July 11, 2010: Three bomb blasts that went off at the Ethiopian Village and Kyadondo rugby grounds kill 76 and wounds over 50.