Ugandan court finds 2010 World Cup bomb suspects guilty

A court in Uganda on Thursday found guilty of eight out of the 13 suspects of the 2010 World Cup bombings in the capital Kampala that left over 70 people dead and scores injured.

High Court judge Alfonse Owiny-Dollo convicted four Kenyans, two Ugandans and one Tanzanian national guilty of terrorism, murder and attempted murder. The eighth suspect, a Ugandan national, was convicted of abetting terrorism.

Five other suspects were acquitted of all the charges. Among these included four Kenyans and one Ugandan.

Owiny-Dollo adjourned the court to Friday morning when he will sentenced those found guilty. The trial of the 13 suspects started in March 2015.

During the judgement, police and other security agencies patrolled the court surroundings.

Bombs went off during the screening of the 2010 World Cup final match at Kyadondo Rugby Ground and the Ethiopian Restaurant, killing 72 people and score of others sustained serious injuries.

A Somali militant group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility of the deadly attacks, saying that they were in revenge of Uganda's deployment of her peacekeeping troops in Somalia.

Uganda in 2007 deployed its troops in Somalia as part of African Union peacekeeping mission.

Shortly after the attack, a regional effort led to the arrest of the suspects some of were in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Uganda has since the attack stepped up its security alertness to foil any terror attack following constant threats from the Al Shabaab. Endit