“We suspect it’s al-Shabaab because they’ve been promising this for long,” he said on Monday.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombings. But an al-Shabaab commander in Mogadishu praised the attacks. He admitted he did not know whether they were the work of his group, which is fighting to overthrow the Somali government.
“Uganda is a major infidel country supporting the so-called government of Somalia,” said Sheikh Yusuf Isse, an al-Shabaab commander in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
“We know Uganda is against Islam and so we are very happy at what has happened in Kampala. That is the best news we ever heard,” he said.
An American aid worker was among those killed and US President Barack Obama, condemning what he called deplorable and cowardly attacks, said Washington was ready to help Uganda in hunting down those responsible.
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