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Uganda recharges acquitted suspects of 2010 bomb attacks

Xinhua, June 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

A court in Uganda on Wednesday recharged five suspects in a 2010 bomb attack with terrorism-related offences, days after they were acquitted.

Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said four Kenyans and a Ugandan national appeared in Jinja Magistrate Court in eastern Uganda.

Prosecutors said the five, while at Luzira Upper Prison in the capital Kampala, created documents and materials to ask or help conspirators to carry out terror acts.

A Ugandan court last Thursday acquitted the five of charges of terrorism, murder and attempted murder. Eight other suspects were found guilty.

Twin bombs went off during the screening of the 2010 World Cup final at the Kyadondo Rugby Ground and a restaurant in Kampala on July 11, 2010, killing 76 people and leaving scores of others with serious injuries.

Somalia's Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab, claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they were revenge for Uganda's contribution of its troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, which has been helping the Somali government battle Al-Shabaab. Endit