A terrible and bloody finale

Unfortunately the ending of the first held on the African continent of the World Cup was marred by tragedy - while many fans watched the match between the Netherlands and Spain in the Ugandan capital, two explosions. Responsibility for the attacks claimed the Somali Islamist group "Al-Shabab".

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Late on July 11 people watching the final match in the Ethiopian restaurant in the capital of Uganda - Kampala. The picture was taken a few minutes before the explosion there, which killed 64 people, including one American, and many people were injured. The second terrorist attack also occurred in places where the fans - in the rugby club, where people watched the match between the Netherlands and Spain on a big screen outdoors. (AFP / Getty Images)



Affected sports fans in the Ethiopian restaurant as soon as there boomed one of the two explosions. Later, the responsibility for the attacks in Uganda that killed more than 70 people, took over the Somali extremist group "Al-Shabab". (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)



View the FIFA World Cup finals were a lot of people, and that led to a large number of victims. (AP Photo / Marcv Hoafer)



In one of the capital's hospitals delivered about 70 people, including five US citizens. (Trevor Snapp / AFP / Getty Images)



The explosions took place two days after one of the leaders of "Al-Shabab," Sheikh Mukhtar servant (Muktar Robow) has called for attacks against Uganda and Burundi - countries that send troops to participate in peacekeeping mission in Somalia. (Trevor Snapp / AFP / Getty Images)



The US believes that the Somali extremist group "Al-Shabab" linked to international terrorist grouping "Al Qaeda". In the photo: a wounded African loaded into the machine. (REUTERS / Ronald Kabuubi)



Uganda, one of the economically developed countries in Africa, attracts billions of dollars in investment, especially in the oil industry. However, investors in Uganda and neighboring Kenya often point to the Somali Islamists as a growing threat to these countries. Photo: American wounded in ICU Mulago hospital on Monday, on 12 July. As a result of the terrorist attacks one US citizen was killed and five wounded. (AP Photo / Benedicte Desrus)



On Monday night the Ugandan authorities have arrested several suspects in the attacks on sports fans. Photo: Thomas Kramer, one of the five US citizens affected by the terrorist attacks in Kampala. (AP Photo / Marc Hofer)

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