Three Kenyan men charged with Uganda bomb attacks
Posted by Lady Liberty on Saturday, July 31, 2010, 7:56 AM
The three men did not speak during their court appearance
Three Kenyans have been charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.
And remember, President Obama says they’re RACISTS!
Hussein Hassan Agad, 27, Mohamed Adan Abdow, 25, and Idris Magondu, 42, were also charged with terrorism and 10 counts of attempted murder.
They have yet to enter pleas and will remain in custody until their next court appearance on 27 August.
Al-Shabab, a Somali Islamist group, said it carried out the attacks.
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The three men, all residents of Kenya, appeared on Friday in a Kampala magistrates court.
The charge sheet identified Hussein Hassan Agad as “a preacher of Islam”, while Idris Magondu was identified as an employee of a trading company in Nairobi, Kenya.
The men were charged with 89 offences. They face 61 counts of murder for those killed at the Kyadondo Rugby Club and 15 counts for those killed at the Ethiopian restaurant.
The charges also include three counts of terrorism and 10 counts of attempted murder.
The men did not speak during their court appearance.
The three will reappear at the magistrates court on 27 August, but will not be permitted to plead to the charges until Uganda’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions decides the case is ready to move to the High Court.
The three men were remanded in custody.
The BBC’s Ignatius Bahizi, who was in court, says the men were arrested on 12 July, the day after the bombings.
There was no indication of how long they had been in Uganda prior to the attacks, he added.
He says at least 27 people have been arrested by an international team of investigators, including the FBI.
Police said they will bring more suspects to court in the coming days.
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