A Kampala court has found a Ugandan man guilty of planning the bombings that targeted football fans watching the 2010 World Cup final. The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab terror group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Judge Alfonse Owiny-Dollo handed down his verdict Thursday. He said during the trial one of the accused, Issa Luyima, had been shown to have played a key role in organizing the July 2010 suicide bombings of a restaurant and rugby club in Uganda's capital that killed 76 people.
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