Ugandan capital rocked by co-ordinated bomb blasts

Damaged chairs and tables among the debris strewn outside the popular Ethiopian Village restaurant in Kampala, where the first blast was detonated at 10.25pm local time Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP Photograph: Marc Hofer/guardian.co.uk A man injured in one blast is helped into Mulago hospital. Further explosions tore through the Kyadondo rugby club in Lugogo. At least 74 people were killed in the co-ordinated explosions, with scores more injured Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Paramedics at Mulago hospital attend the injured in corridors. Somalia's most powerful Islamist group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attacks Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk A doctor treats a victim of the blasts at Mulago hospital in Kampala Photograph: Trevor Snapp/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Trevor Snapp/guardian.co.uk If police suspicions are confirmed, this would be the first time that al-Shabab has struck outside Somalia Photograph: EPA Photograph: guardian.co.uk A paramedic attends to an unidentified American citizen at Mulago hospital. President Barack Obama described the attacks as 'deplorable and cowardly' Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Doctors at Mulago hospital help an injured man Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk An injured man holds up a piece of shrapnel removed from his leg at Mulago hospital Photograph: STR/EPA Photograph: STR/guardian.co.uk People gather outside Mulago hospital's casualty ward for information on loved ones Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk A victim of the bomb blasts talks to a nurse Photograph: STR/EPA Photograph: STR/guardian.co.uk Ugandan policemen stand guard at the entrance of Kyadondo rugby club in Lugogo, a kilometre east of Kampala city centre, where twin blasts detonated about 50 minutes after the first bomb exploded at the Ethiopian Village restaurant Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni talks to the owner as he visits the scene of the blast at the Ethiopian Village restaurant Photograph: Yannick Tylle/EPA Photograph: Yannick Tylle/guardian.co.uk