Five men among them four Kenyans were jailed for life in Uganda on Friday for their role in two al Shabaab bombings that killed 76 people among crowds watching the World Cup soccer final in July 2010. Ugandan security said the blasts were carried out by suicide bombers but al Shabaab denied that, saying the bombs were planted at the scene. Except for the one sentenced to community service, the rest were convicted on multiple charges of terrorism, murder and attempted murder. It said the blasts were to avenge killings of Somalis by Ugandan troops, who were deployed to the Horn of Africa nation in 2007 as part of an African Union peacekeeping force to help defeat al Shabaab. Idris Magondu, Hassan Hussein Agade, Habib Suleiman Njoroge and Mohamed Ali were found guilty of murder on Thursday.

Source: The Star May 27, 2016 08:00 UTC