An investigator walks through the remains of an Ethiopian-themed restaurant that was hit by an explosion in Kampala.
An investigator walks through the remains of an Ethiopian-themed restaurant that was hit by an explosion in Kampala.
An investigator walks through the remains of an Ethiopian-themed restaurant that was hit by an explosion in Kampala.
An investigator walks through the remains of an Ethiopian-themed restaurant that was hit by an explosion in Kampala.

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Uganda makes arrests after World Cup bomb blasts

As Somali Islamists said they detonated two bombs in packed restaurants, killing at least 74 people, authorities said arrests have been made.

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KAMPALA // Uganda has made arrests after Somali Islamists said they detonated two bombs killing at least 74 people, and an unexploded suicide-bomb belt has been found at a new site, a government spokesman said today, "Arrests were made late yesterday after an unexploded suicide bomber's belt was found in the Makindye area (of the capital Kampala)," said a government spokesman, Fred Opolot. * Reuters

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