KAMPALA, Uganda — Bomb blasts ripped through two separate bars packed with soccer fans watching the World Cup final in the Ugandan capital Kampala overnight, killing at least 23 people, including one American, police said Monday. \"At this moment we can confirm that one American has been killed,\" U.S. Embassy public affairs officer Joan Lockard said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings. Al Qaeda-inspired al Shabaab militants in Somalia have threatened to attack Uganda for sending peacekeeping troops to the anarchic country to prop up the Western-backed government. Get dispatches from Times correspondents around the globe delivered to your inbox with our daily World newsletter. Sign up ? One attack targeted the Ethiopian Village restaurant in the Kabalagala district, a popular night-life spot which was heaving with soccer fans and is popular with foreign visitors. The second attack struck a rugby club showing the match. \"The information we have indicates 13 people have died here at the Ethiopian Village and many others are injured and more than 10 people are reported to have died at the rugby club,\" Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura told reporters. Heavily armed police cordoned off both blast sitesnike shoes online sale and searched the areas with sniffer dogs while dazed survivors helped pull the wounded away from the wreckage. Police said they suspected the attackstrade nike Shoeswere premeditated. \"I don\'t think a grenade was thrown. These were pre-planted explosives or bombs,\" Kayihura said. Twin coordinated attacks have been a hallmark of Al Qaeda and groups linked to Osama bin Laden\'s militant network. Police said it was possible those behind the attacks on the Ethiopian Village and rugby club were targeting foreigners. Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in 2006 to oust an Islamist movement from Mogadishu. That sparked the Islamist insurgency which still rages. Revelling one minute in the dying moments of sale nike shoesthe final between Spain and Netherlands, the bombings left shocked survivors standing among corpses and scattered chairs. \"We were watching Air Max shoes onlinesoccer here and then when there were three minutes to the end of the match an explosion came ... and it was so loud,\" witness Juma Seiko said outside the Kampala Rugby Club. Uganda, east Africa\'s third-largest economy, authentic nike shoesis attracting billions of dollars of foreign investment, especially in its oil sector and government debt markets, after two decades of relative stability. But investors in Uganda and neighbouring Kenya, which shares a largely porous border with Somalia, often cite the threat from Islamic militants as a serious concern. \"The information we have indicatesair jordan shoes online the people who have attacked the Ethiopian Village were probably targeting expatriates,\" Kayihura said. \"We have evil-minded characters who have been warning us, like the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces), al Shabaab and the Lord\'s Resistance Army.\" The Lord\'s Resistance Army waged a two-decade-old war in northern Uganda before crossing into Sudan and further afield into central Africa. In May, Uganda said the ADF could be regrouping along the western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Washington, U.S. National Securitynike athletic shoes Council spokesman Mike Hammer said President Barack Obama was \"deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from these deplorable and cowardly attacks\". \"The United States is ready to provide any assistance requested by the Ugandan government,\" said Hammer. A senior U.S. administration officialnike running shoes said: \"We are in contact with our embassy in Kampala and in touch with the FBI regarding government of Uganda requests for assistance.\" On Saturday, Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed told Reuters he was worried by the growing number of foreign jihadists joining the ranks of Islamic insurgents and said they posed a growing threat to regional security. Regional allies are preparing to send an extra 2,000 peacekeepers to Somalia, bringing the total number of African Union troops to around 8,100. Al Shabaab responded by urging Muslims to join a jihad and pledged to attack before being attacked. Nike Air Max Shoes Air Max Air Max shoes Nike Shox Shoes air shox air shox shoes Nike Basketball Shoes Nike Air Force Shoes