Kampala, July 13: The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has said it was behind twin blasts which hit the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday killing more than 75 people.
In a statement in Mogadishu, spokesman for the group Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage threatened more attacks.
Police said the bombings targeted football fans watching the World Cup final. A Ugandan official said a Somali’s head was found at the scene of one blast and he may have been a suicide bomber.
Ugandan peacekeepers are in Somalia and al-Shabab has previously threatened Kampala.
Ali Mohamud Rage said, “We thank the mujahideen that carried out the attack. We are sending a message to Uganda and Burundi, if they do not take out their African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, troops from Somalia, blasts will continue and it will happen in Bujumbura, the Burundi capital too.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni criticised the attackers and said his country would not run away from its commitments in Mogadishu.
The U.S President Barack Obama said the explosions were deplorable and cowardly.
The African Union has said the attacks will not affect its summit which is due to be held in Kampala later this month.
–Agencies