Thursday, 26 March 2015

2010 World Cup Bombings - Can the State Nail the Suspects?

The trial of 12 suspects in the July 2010 twin-bomb attack in Uganda, which left at least 76 people dead, started at the High court last week.
The suspects are said to be members of al-Shabab, a terrorist organisation with roots in Somalia. The state has presented one witness, so far, in Mahmoud Mugisha, a convict-turned-state witness, who confessed to training in Somalia with some of the suspects. Ahead of the resumption of the trial on March 26, EDRIS KIGGUNDU looks at the highlights of the case so far.
THE SUSPECTS
The 12 suspects before Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo are Edris Magondu, Suleiman Hija Nyamandondo, Hussein Hassan Agade, Mohamed Adan Abdou, Omar Awadi Omor, Mohamad Hamid Sulaiman, Yahaya Sulaiman Mbuthla, Sulaiman Njoroge, Isa Ahmed Luyima, Hassan Haruna Luyima, Abubaker Batematyo and Dr Ismael Kalule.
They could have been 14 but two of them, Idris Nsubuga and Mahmoud Mugisha pleaded guilty to different charges in September 2011. Nsubuga was sentenced to 25 years in jail for his role in the Kyadondo rugby ground bombing while Mugisha was given a lesser sentence of five years for conspiring to commit a crime under section 25 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. He completed his term and has since been enlisted as a state witness. Read more

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