Uganda judge sentences 2 over World Cup bombings
Victims at an Ethiopian-owned restaurant in the Kabalagala area of Kampala late on July 11, 2010 after twin bomb blasts tore through crowds of football fans watching the World Cup final, killing 64 people, including an American, and wounding scores others.
Image by: Reuters
Image by: Reuters
A Ugandan judge has sentenced two men to jail after they plead guilty to terrorism charges related to bombings that killed 76 people in the East African nation last year.
Judge Owiny Dollo on Friday sentenced Ugandan Edris Nsubuga to 25 years in jail on terrorism charges and Rwandan Muhamoud Mugisha to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism. Both had entered guilty pleas.
Five other suspects had their charges dismissed when the trial began on Monday and the other 12 suspects pleaded not guilty. Their trial continues.
The July 2010 bombings targeted people watching the World Cup final. Somali insurgent group al-Shabab claimed the bombings and said they were in retaliation for Uganda's participation in the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia.
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