Uganda Court Hands Life Sentences to World Cup Bombers
Five men were handed life sentences in Uganda on Friday for their role in twin attacks that killed 76 people and injured at least 70 more who had gathered to watch the final of the 2010 men’s soccer World Cup. The two bombings were orchestrated by the al-Shabab terrorist group in what was the first […]
Muslim bomb suspect forced to eat pork by police in Uganda
He sobbed in the court dock. Reason? Haunting memories of how security operatives allegedly forced him to eat pork yet he is a practicing Muslim. This was the moving testimony of Hassan Haruna Luyima, one of the 2010 bomb suspects. This happened yesterday as the 32-year-old was retracting his earlier confession statement recorded before then […]
