In Uganda, the death toll from Sunday’s twin bomb blasts has risen to seventy-four. The Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the blasts which targeted people watching the World Cup finals. The bombings mark the first time al-Shabab has struck outside of Somalia. Survivors of the blast included fourteen-year-old Thomas Kramer of Winfield, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Kramer: “At first I thought the explosion was a firework, but — and I thought I was like just like imagining it, because I thought I, like, fell asleep and I was dreaming. But then I, like, realized my leg was bleeding, and there was blood over the floor from me and other people. And me and my mom went into the other room, where we waited to get picked up. But I’m just thankful to be alive, because if I was sitting two seats to the left, I would have lost my life, because our friend Becky — she’s from Uganda — she didn’t make it.”