Uganda blasts target World Cup fans

Kampala, 12 July-(ANA)-At least 64 people have died in two blasts in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

Another 70 were injured by the explosions, which hit a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant as football fans watched the World Cup final.

"These bombs were definitely targeting World Cup crowds," Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura said.

Ugandan peacekeepers operate in Mogadishu, Somalia, and the country's al-Qaeda-linked militants have in the past threatened to hit Kampala.

About 5,000 African Union troops from Uganda and Burundi are based in Mogadishu to protect the fragile interim government.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) force is engaged in frequent firefights with Islamist insurgents which control much of southern and central Somalia.(ANA)

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