Last updated: 12 july, 2010 - 16:38 GMT

Al-Shabab claim responsibility for Uganda bombings

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At least 74 people have died and scores more injured following two bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital, Kampala last night.

The Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsiblity.

The explosions took place in an Ethiopian restaurant and a rugby club during the World Cup final.

From BBC Focus on Africa:

  • The BBC's Joshua Mmali has the latest from Kampala.
  • Ugandan state minister for internal affairs Matia Kasaija says the government will go after the perpetrators.
  • The BBC's Mogadishu correspondent Mohammed Olad Hassan reports from Somalia
  • And we ask what are the security implications for the region.

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