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In Summary
Prosecution alleges that the group and others still at large, in Kampala unlawfully delivered and discharged explosives, to occasion death and serious injury
The Constitutional Court is today expected to give its judgment in a case in which the July 2010 terror suspects are challenging their prosecution in Uganda.
Mr Mohammed Ali Muhammed and Mr Suleiman Nyamandondo petitioned the court challenging the manner in which they were brought to Uganda from their countries, Kenya and Tanzania respectively, to stand trial. They say they were brought without extradition orders by a competent court.
The suspects are accused of carrying out the July 11, 2010 twin bombings in Kampala which killed about 76 people and injured hundreds of others as football fans watched the World Cup finals at Kyadondo Rugby Club in Lugogo and Ethiopian Village Restaurant in Kabalagala.
The claims
They claim ill-treatment by intelligence officers from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, USA and UK. They want court to declare their trial in Uganda unconstitutional.
The suspects say the Director of Public Prosecutions should not use their confession in the trial because the statements were extracted from them under duress.
Prosecution alleges that the group and others still at large, in Kampala unlawfully delivered and discharged explosives, to occasion death and serious injury.
Claim responsibility
Al-Shabaab, a Sunni Islamist militia based in Somalia that has ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attacks as retaliation for Uganda’s support for troops under the Africa Mission in Somalia.
Most of the dead were Ugandans. Others included an Indian, an Irishman, a Lay missionary and one Kenyan. A US citizen was also killed. At least six Eritrean and one Ethiopian deaths were reported in the days following the attacks.
The injured also included six Methodist missionaries from a Pennsylvania church. Uganda has since been on high alert with a number of threats.