Uganda blasts death toll reaches 74

Three separate explosions have rocked the Ugandan capital of Kampala, killing dozens of people who were packed into restaurants and clubs to watch the World Cup football final. The number of those killed in the deadly blasts has reached 74, AFP quoted a government official as saying on Monday. "The latest official count is 74 confirmed dead," Fred Opolot said. Earlier, officials said 64 people were killed when two blasts took place at an Ethiopian restaurant in the south of the capital and another at a rugby sports club in the east of Kampala, on Sunday. A senior police official who did not wish to be named said that 64 people had been killed, 49 at the rugby club and 15 at the Ethiopian restaurant, Foxnews reported. Joann Lockard, spokesperson for the US embassy in Kampala confirmed that one American national was killed in the blast in the restaurant and several others were wounded.