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July 13, 2010

Somali Militant Group Claims Responsibility for Uganda Blasts
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In Uganda, the death toll from Sunday’s twin bomb blasts has risen to
74. The Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for
the blasts which targeted people watching the World Cup finals. The
bombings mark the first time al-Shababa has struck outside of Somalia.
Survivors of the blast included 14-year-old Thomas Kramer of Winfield
Pennsylvania.

Thomas Kramer: "At first I thought the explosion was a fire work, but I
thought like I was imagining it because I thought I fell asleep and I
was imagining it, then I realized like leg was bleeding and blood was
all over the floor from me and other people, and me and my mum went to
the other room where we later got picked up, but am just thankful to be
alive because if I was sitting two seats to the left I would have lost
my life, because our friend Becky, she is from Uganda, she didn’t make
it."



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