Bermuda players have expressed safety concerns in the wake of an attack this summer that left 90 dead in Uganda, the host country of next month’s World Cricket League Division Three tournament.

Arnold Manders’s side are among the six countries participating in the 2019 World Cup qualifying tournament, which will be held in the East African country from October 26 to November 2.

However, safety concerns surfaced after sectarian and chauvinistic cultural leaders were blamed for an attack in the western part of Uganda in July that claimed the lives of security personal and civilians.

The United States state department listed Uganda as a “high threat for terrorism” this year, an advisory that prompted safety and security concerns among US cricket authorities who have opted to go ahead with plans to prepare a team for the tournament after weeks of deliberation.

Four years ago, a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant in Uganda’s capital city of Kampala were bombed in a terrorist attack, killing 76 people, including one US citizen.

Safety concerns are not focused only on Uganda but also the proximity to threats in border countries such as Kenya, where the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi last September by al-Shabaab, an affiliate of the terrorist group al-Qaeda, resulted in 67 deaths, including four of the terrorists.

According to a report, the International Cricket Council, cricket’s world governing body, informed the six Division Three countries that “there are currently no major concerns identified or any specific threats to the tournament, teams, match officials, match venues or hotels”.

As well as security concerns, it is understood that some Bermuda players have raised concerns over the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa that has claimed about 3,000 lives.

Although there have been no reported cases of Ebola in Uganda after the latest outbreak of the virus, there have been five cases of the disease in the country, the most recent being in 2012.

Assuring the public that the Bermuda Cricket Board is looking out for the wellbeing of the Bermuda squad, Neil Speight, the BCB chief executive, said: “The BCB has been, and will continue to, work closely with the ICC and its security advisers on the health and security risks associated with World Cricket League Division Three.”