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Kenyans charged over Uganda blasts
KAMPALA – Three Kenyans have been charged with the bomb attacks that killed 79 soccer fans watching the World Cup final on television in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Hussein Hassan (27), Mohammed Adan Abdow (25) and Idris Magondu (42), were taken to a magistrate’s court and charged with murder, terrorism and attempted murder. The magistrate remanded the men until August 27th.
Al Shabaab, a Somali rebel group which professes loyalty to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attacks. – (Reuters)
Warning of British rail crash risk
LONDON – A coroner has warned there remains a risk of further fatal rail disasters in Britain after an inquest ruled yesterday that a train crash which killed seven people in 2002 was caused by a points failure.
The incident, in which more than 70 people were injured, occurred when a high-speed train from London came off the tracks at Potters Bar station, north of the capital.
A jury inquest into the crash found problems with a set of points, along with a failure of maintenance firm Jarvis to carry out proper inspections, were to blame.– (Reuters)
Mexican drug boss shot dead
GUADALAJARA – Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel on Thursday in the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon’s war against drug cartels.
The killing is unlikely to end spiralling violence.
The army shot Coronel, a senior member of the Sinaloa cartel, during a raid in western Mexico. One of the country’s most-wanted traffickers, Coronel (56) was known as the “King of Ice” over his methamphetamine business. He was indicted in a Texas court for allegedly smuggling narcotics into the US. – (Reuters)