KAMPALA, UGANDA — Three bombs exploded inside a restaurant in a Kampala neighborhood known as Ethiopian village Sunday night. The blasts killed more than 40 people, a Ugandan newspaper reported.
The New Vision, which attributed the death toll to witnesses, said scores more were wounded. Police had not confirmed the total number killed, the newspaper said.
There were unconfirmed reports of other explosions in Ntinda and Bwaise, as well.
The New Vision said most of the dead were killed by two bombs that exploded back-to-back shortly after 11 p.m. at the Kyadondo Rugby Club where the final game of the 2010 World Cup was being watched.
A sportswriter for the newspaper who was at the event said shoes and other clothing and broken chairs littered the area. Security soldiers and rescuers were evacuating and helping the wounded, New Vision said.
The other blast, which was the first to happen, was reported in the city’s Kabalagala neighborhood, home to many Ethiopians.
Police said they suspected al-Shabaab militants from Somalia could have been behind the attacks.
“We have been suspecting that these people could be planning something like this,” Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, the inspector general of police, told the newspaper by phone last night. — UPI
A man aids a woman hurt in the bombing at an Ethiopian restaurant in Kampala, Uganda. (Marc Hofer/AP July 12, 2010)
(LA TIMES) — In simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in two places in Uganda’s capital late Sunday, killing 64 people, police said. One American was slain and several were wounded.
The deadliest attack occurred at a rugby club as people watched the game between Spain and the Netherlands on a large-screen TV outdoors. The second blast took place at an Ethiopian restaurant, where at least three Americans were wounded.
One American was killed in the blasts, said Joann Lockard, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Kampala.
The White House said it was ready to assist Ugandan authorities if requested.
“The president is deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from these deplorable and cowardly attacks, and sends his condolences to the people of Uganda and the loved ones of those who have been killed or injured,” White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
A senior U.S. administration official said, “We are in contact with our embassy in Kampala and in touch with the FBI regarding government of Uganda requests for assistance.”
Kampala’s police chief said he believed that Somalia’s most-feared militant group, Shabab, could be responsible. Shabab is known to have links with Al Qaeda, and it counts militant veterans from the Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts among its ranks.
A head and legs were found at the rugby club, suggesting a suicide bomber may have been to blame, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said.
At least three Americans — part of a church group from Pennsylvania — were wounded at the Ethiopian restaurant. One was Kris Sledge, 18, of Selinsgrove, Pa.
“I remember blacking out, hearing people screaming and running,” Sledge said from the hospital. His right leg was wrapped and he had burns on his face. “I love the place here but I’m wondering why this happened and who did this.… At this point, we’re just glad to be alive.”
The bombings left shocked survivors standing among corpses, blood, pieces of flesh and scattered chairs.
“We were watching soccer here and then when there were three minutes to the end of the match, an explosion came … and it was so loud,” Juma Seiko said at the Kampala Rugby Club, Reuters reported.
Heavily armed police cordoned off both blast sites and searched the areas with sniffer dogs while dazed survivors helped pull the wounded away from the wreckage.
Police Chief Kale Kaihura originally said that at least 30 people had been killed, but that the toll could rise.
Later, a senior police official at the scene said 64 people had died — 49 from the rugby club and 15 at the Ethiopian restaurant. The official told the Associated Press that he could not be identified.
Kaihura said he suspected Shabab. Its fighters, including two recruited from the Somali communities in the United States, have carried out multiple suicide bombings in Somalia.
If Kaihura’s suspicions prove true, it would be the first time the group has carried out attacks outside Somalia.
Simultaneous attacks are also one of Al Qaeda’s hallmarks.
In Mogadishu, Somalia, Sheik Yusuf Sheik Issa, a Shabab commander, told the Associated Press early Monday that he was happy with the attacks in Uganda. Issa refused to confirm or deny that Shabab was responsible.
“Uganda is one of our enemies,” he said. “Whatever makes them cry makes us happy. May God’s anger be upon those who are against us.”
During weekly Friday prayers in Somalia two days before the double bombing, another Shabab commander, Sheik Muktar Robow, called for militants to attack sites in Uganda and Burundi — two nations that contribute troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Mogadishu.
In addition to its troops in Mogadishu, Uganda also hosts Somali soldiers trained in U.S.- and European-backed programs.
Kenya’s foreign minister, Moses Wetangula, told the Associated Press last week that enough veteran militants from the Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts have relocated to Somalia to spark worry in the international community.
International militants have flocked to Somalia because the country’s government controls only a few square miles of the capital, Mogadishu, leaving most of the rest of the country as lawless territory where insurgents can train and plan attacks unimpeded.
Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in 2006 to oust an Islamist movement from Mogadishu. That sparked the Islamist insurgency that still rages.
24 thoughts on “Bombs exploded in Kampala’s Ethiopian neighborhood”
You see these Muslims, Al Shabab’s leaders said ” “Whatever makes them cry makes us happy. May God’s anger be upon those who are against us.” Now this is the religion of love and peace. Wake up world, this is what they are all about and they try to preach us that Islam is about love. They only preach love where they are minorities and that’s just for a very short period of time, when they feel hopeless to expand they upgrade their missions to hostility.
If you examine Christianity inside out, you won’t find a fragment of a teaching by Jesus to feel good by someone else ordeal and to make things worse…by the ordeal you actually create against others, Jesus thought us about love, humility, respect and adoration of other’s happiness and to be there for the ones who cry let alone make them cry and be happy about it. And they dreadfully mention God’s Holy name in their evil acts…..
But your Christian governments are killing innocents everywhere quietly. They don’t talk but they kill. After all alshabab is not the representative of Islam
Hey it is not about religion!!! It is about power!It is about woyanne’s power.Woyanne is playing games in order to get support from western countries.This bombing is not about religion it is a usual copy-cat game of woyanne on the street of addis ababa!!!
There are some who are least religious but use religion for the wrong purposes.They could be belonging to any religious groups. This is a despicable act against an innocent people who didn’t deserve to die. I am Muslim from Somalia and the people of Somalia are suffering under the hands of AL-SHABAAB so, stop pointing fingers at ISLAM, these people don’t believe or practice ISLAM the way Somalis did for centuries. This assholes can go back to SAUDI ARABIA with their Wahabism crap. God help us, from this barbaric group who ever they are regardless of their religion.
This can be the work of TPLF, because it has been criticised by the USA for authritarianism, so it has to show to the USA that there is a real danger in the region FOR THE INTEREST OF THE US than democracy in Ethiopia. SO now TPLf wants to change the subject from democracy in Ethiopia to security in the region, then the US drop its demand about democracy, and embrace the TPLF as an ally for security in the region.
What do the Somali Islamist gain by putting a bomb in Ethiopian restaurant in Uganda, which may be owned by a refugee that run away against TPLF’s oppression in Ethiopia.
I BELIEVE THE BOMB IN UGANDA IS THE WORK OF TPLF. It needs to be invistigated properly, than just pointing prematurely the finger on Somali-Islamists.
From this incident, it will be the TPLF, a sole beneficil, not the Somali Islamists. So watch out the TPLF, which is now wants to change the debate in the Horn of Africa from Democracy to Security.
Ethiopian,
Please DO NOT generalize!. It is very sad to see innocent people murdered in cold blood. The perpetrators are no better than animals. The victims might have fled Ethiopia looking for a safer place to live where they can avoid Weyane’s persecution, however, the very thuggish behaviour of Weyane in the horn didn’t help for the safety of these people.
Weyane and the fundamentalists have to face justice at some point in the future for the war crimes they are commiting.
Ethiopian.
It is very sad to see this things happen to inocent people. But have you ever thoght what the Ugandan and Brundian army is doing to the inocent Somalian people daily to make happy cia and EPRDF. Shame on you. You have to condemend the killing of Somalis also.
An evil act remains evil in all its forms and content.Those who are trying to justify the killing of people in the name of Muslim or Christian are wrong, they are not true Muslim/Christian.
Evil is evil. no one expect good from them. this terror attack will increase the unity of peace loving people in the world
Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military
components. The religious component is a beard for all the other
components.
Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to
agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights.’
When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the
reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get
the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages
source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country
they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to
anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films,
stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:
United States — Muslim 1.0%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1%-2%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and
disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among
street gangs:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their
percentage of the population.
They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic
standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims.
They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on
their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. ( United
States ).
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad &Tobago — Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow
them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate
goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law
over the entire world.
When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase
lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions ( Paris –
car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in
uprisings and threats ( Amsterdam – Mohammed cartoons).
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia
formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and
ongoing militia warfare:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and
other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia
Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of
Peace — there’s (supposed) to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:
we know however that this isnt true is it…?
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%
Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims
then start killing each other for a variety of reasons…and they are
coming to a neighborhood near you…so keep thinking they are not going
to harm you and they “accept” you
It is very sad to see people dying no matter what the race, belief or color. However, if we Ethiopians were invaded and were determined to oust our enemy we would fight the invader in Ethiopia as well as at its roots (home base). Put your self in the Somali’s place and think what you would do. Well it is possible to live as simple subject or serve as banda (traitor) and become rich or die while fighting for your country and people with what ever means you have. What happened is unacceptable but we have to address the root cause, the invasion that lead to deterioration of piece and thousands of deaths. Let us not focus on the symptoms, the root cause of all human plight every where in the world is wishing or taking what is not yours and killing, bulldozing, bombing people who are fighting for what is theirs.
It is very sad to see people dying no matter what the race, belief or color. However, if we Ethiopians were invaded and were determined to oust our enemy we would fight the invader in Ethiopia as well as at its roots (home base). Put your self in the Somali’s place and think what you would do. Well it is possible to live as simple subject or serve as banda (traitor) and become rich or die while fighting for your country and people with what ever means you have. What happened is unacceptable and those who are responsible for this should be brought to justice. But we have to address the root cause, the invasion that lead to deterioration of piece and thousands of deaths. Let us not focus on the symptoms, the root cause of all human plight every where in the world is wishing or taking what is not yours and killing, bulldozing, bombing people who are fighting for what is theirs.
May all the wounded have a speedy recovery and all the dead rest in peace.
Assuming the criminals who have carried out this horrific act of barbarism indeed turned out to be the 17th century mentality Alshabab terrorists, they will have to be dealt a heavy blow wherever and however we can. The fact that Somalia needs an immediate solution is another story. Innocent blood should never be shed for any reason. If these cowardly knuckle heads were indeed doing a service to their country and people, then and only then could they have done such horendous action against the Ugandan army and government which is reigning havoc in their country – not blindly harm – innocent civilian population be it Ethiopians, Eritreans or Somalis.
crimes commited by woyane are countless, anyways, my sympathy to all victims and their families.
U see what happens when cowboys from the USA (Bush and co.) and slaves from Africa (Meles, Museveni) think they can submit anybody they like because of their gang-ho military might? As savage and terrible as these attacks are, if somalians had been left alone in 2006, let alone for the al-shaabab to be this threatning, maybe not even a single bullet might`ve been heard in Somalia proper. I´m sorry for the dead and wounded but the stupid people leading these aforementioned countries are primarily to blame. Remember too, a lot of somalian civilians are daily dying in Mogadishu by the AMISOM forces.Bit no foreign media gives a damn about that. The only thing they ad nauseom repeat like trained robots is al-qaeda and give al qaeda the reach and influence on a silver platter.
To fullfill the evils wish (including those who are in power), inoccent people must die. so sad.
A lot can be said about the characters and nature of Islam especially at the current state, but one critical and very important factor is never realized by Christians, and that is the faults are almost always the Chrstians’. From Turkey to Syria to Egypt and everywhere else Christians lost it all because they did not adhere to their own laws. In everyone of those countries they became lackadaisical, እንዝላልነት, lawless and succumbed to unnatural vices from alcholism and drugs to sexual improprieties; their leaders became corrupt and selfish abandoning and sacrificing the flock. Are we not in that identical situation in Ethiopia today?
The only effective defense against Islam a.k.a Ahzabs, according to our Liqawents, is to stick to our own religion strictly and not provoke or attack theirs. If attacked, however, no Christian ought to backdown from asserting their faith. As in all wars, lose comes not only because of the strenght and tactics of the enemy, but rather because our own weakness and faithlesness, and last but not least, the ever present snakes who set us up. There is no victory when infiltrated and set up by the snakes. Maichew Zemecha during the second Italian invasion where we lost big time is an example not to mention the recent turn around of our history. It is better to die for your faith/country than say, heart attack, accidents or robbery.
The end of times and the change of kingdoms: http://bit.ly/9icl3e
This has woyane finger print all over it. Only the despicable woyane security has the will and access to do such evil as they try to terrorize the Ethiopian community in Kampala.
My deepest condolence to the victims and their families.
Indeed it’s very sad to see some retard with 10th century mentality attacking innocent people and call some gods name.
Seriously the God, i believe in tells me to love my neighbor as thyself.
These innocent people murdered in a cold blood has nothing to do with the war going on in Somalia, so why should they pay the price?? if this suicide bombers had some guts and truly love their so called country, why don’t they go to Somalia and get their anger out on the soldiers & their transitional gov’t instead of on soccer fans that are not even on their soil.
And the Somali’s have no one to blame for the problems in their country but themselves and their war lords.So no need to cross borders and bomb innocent civilians.
I completely agree with Ethiopian’s definition of Islam and with the CIA’s different stages or maturities of Islam before it establishes its Sharia law in a country it dominates. However, the source of all corruptions and terrorist actions is Saudi Arabia as Mr. Jordan has indicated on the nazret.com web site. Here is what he has to say:
“ First of all Islam just like Christian denominations has several branches like Mormon, Baptist, Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Fundamentalist Christianity, Pietism, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, protestant and more.Islam denominations also have several branches such as Sunni, Vahabi Sunni, Shia, and Shia Hanafy and others.
A brief outline of the major differences between “Shia” and “Sunni” Muslims, focusing on historical divisions of political and spiritual leadership.
All the terrorist activities are taking place around the world, such as 9/11 attack on WTC in American soil by Al-Qaida, Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Chechnya, Sudan, Kenya, Pilipino and other nations are taking place by Vahabi Sunni Islamists Jihadists. They strictly follow the Sharia laws from MAKAH in Saudi Arabia by their Muftis who are related to royal family. Sharia laws may be interpreted differently by Muftis based on political and spiritual environment and they usually serve the royal family’s interest.
Saudis builds Mosques all over the world which run by Imams who preach, convert, brainwash the followers to extent the great Islamic territory. The Imams are mostly Arabs from Saudi Arabia or faithful to Saudi regime and Vahabi Sunni denominations. They are supporting PAN ARABISM mentality. The royal family are spending billions of dollars worldwide to reach their goals regarding their kind of Vahabi Sunni Islamic domination in the world and destabilizing other nations and religions for Saudis interest religiously and politically. Imams are usually very active, preach to convert or announce the MAKAH’S great Mufti new Fatwa such as: kill infidels and non-believers by any means of Jihad and suicide bombing and other kind of murdering tactics to get rid of infidels, nonbelievers or opposition members, leaders and submit to Allah and get the key to heaven.
Saudis have representatives “Imam” and Mosques in each city in USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Asia, Middle East, almost everywhere around the world, but Saudi Arabia doesn’t allow a single Church, Synagogue, Buddhist, Hindu or any other religion temples. If anyone caught with a Bible, Torah or other religion publications the consequences are severe may results in beheading him or her. There are no kind of freedom for Saudi citizens at all and lots of human rights abuse!”
07/12/10 @ 22:48
According to Harvard University’s 2007 research on Islamo-fascism, the three who made up the list were: 1. Saudi Royals 2. Al-Queda and 3. Wuhabism.
“After centuries of dormancy, Islam is once again on the move… and this time, it is being done by 1. Terrorism 2. Immigration 3. Propoganda 4. economic domination 5. Warfare.” – Michael Alan Weiner
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I agree with z above