Al-Shabaab Claims Uganda Bombings

From NEFA:

The NEFA Foundation has obtained a communiqué from Shabaab al-Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the dual bombings in Kampala, Uganda that killed over 70.

According to the communiqué, “With the atrocities perpetrated by Uganda against the Muslim Somali population escalating, her forces, serving under the auspices of the African Union, grasp every opportunity available to unleash their anger against Islam and the Muslims by bombarding our innocent men, women, and children with mortars day and night. Carrying on with their scheme of unsettling the stability of this country and in order to protect the corrupt leaders of the apostate regime, the enmity of the crusaders has reached such a level that they bombard the densely-populated areas of the Muslims with approximately 300 mortars a day.”

The statement continued, “We, the leaders of Harakat Shabaab Al-Mujahideen, hereby claim responsibility for the blessed operations in Kampala. In addition, we state that these operations were carried out in order to heal the hearts of the believers and to nurse the wounds of our ailing Muslim population, which has been, for many years, bleeding and attending funerals for its sons and daughters who’ve became victims of this cowardly shelling. These blessed operations will, by the permission of Allah, act as a warning to all the transgressing forces to stop their atrocities against the Somali Muslim population.“

Al-Shabaab called for Ugandan Muslims to join in the campaign of violence against their own country.