Kenya - Blast Rocks Mainly Somali Neighbourhood In Nairobi
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Two people were seriously injured when at least three grenades were lobbed towards a bar in the predominantly Somali neighbourhood of Eastleigh in the Kenyan capital Nairobi late Sunday, police said.
"Two people were injured in the blasts. They have been rushed to hospital. Other than that there are no other casualties from the incident," area police chief Moses Nyakwama told AFP.
Witnesses say there were at least three separate blasts and that the explosions occurred near a bar, the latest in a string of blasts in Nairobi.
The Kenya Red Cross said in a statement that there had been "at least three separate grenade attacks" and that the grenades had been thrown from a speeding vehicle.
The blasts follow a recent grenade attack outside a mosque that killed at least five people as well as wounding the local member of parliament.
A recent roadside bomb in Eastleigh killed one person and wounded several others. And last month, a bomb on a bus killed nine people.
Following Sunday's attack, police were said to be conducting door-to-door searches in the neighbourhood.
Kenya has suffered a string of attacks, often blamed on Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants, since it invaded Somalia last year.
Kenyan troops, now integrated into an African Union force, seized the Shebab bastion of Kismayo, a key southern Somali port, in September. That led to warnings of retaliation from both the insurgents and their Kenyan supporters.
But the Shebab have denied involvement in previous similar bombings.
Violence in Kenya -- ranging from attacks blamed on Islamists, inter-communal clashes and a police crackdown on a coastal separatist movement -- have raised concerns over security ahead of elections due in March 2013.
Five years ago, elections descended into deadly post-poll killings that shattered Kenya's image as a beacon of regional stability.
Last month, riots broke out in Nairobi's Eastleigh district after the bombing of a bus, with running street battles between demonstrators and the police.
Witnesses say there were at least three separate blasts and that the explosions occurred near a bar, the latest in a string of blasts in Nairobi.
The Kenya Red Cross said in a statement that there had been "at least three separate grenade attacks" and that the grenades had been thrown from a speeding vehicle.
The blasts follow a recent grenade attack outside a mosque that killed at least five people as well as wounding the local member of parliament.
A recent roadside bomb in Eastleigh killed one person and wounded several others. And last month, a bomb on a bus killed nine people.
Following Sunday's attack, police were said to be conducting door-to-door searches in the neighbourhood.
Kenya has suffered a string of attacks, often blamed on Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants, since it invaded Somalia last year.
Kenyan troops, now integrated into an African Union force, seized the Shebab bastion of Kismayo, a key southern Somali port, in September. That led to warnings of retaliation from both the insurgents and their Kenyan supporters.
But the Shebab have denied involvement in previous similar bombings.
Violence in Kenya -- ranging from attacks blamed on Islamists, inter-communal clashes and a police crackdown on a coastal separatist movement -- have raised concerns over security ahead of elections due in March 2013.
Five years ago, elections descended into deadly post-poll killings that shattered Kenya's image as a beacon of regional stability.
Last month, riots broke out in Nairobi's Eastleigh district after the bombing of a bus, with running street battles between demonstrators and the police.
