Two Blasts Hit Kenyan City of Mombasa


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Nairobi May 04 - Three people have been killed and several wounded in two explosions in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa police said.

In the deadliest attack a grenade was reportedly thrown in a bus that had just arrived from Nairobi according to the (BBC).

The other blast happened at a bar near a hotel in the Nyali beach area. There are no reports of casualties there.

Kenya has been hit by a spate of attacks blamed by the government on Somali militants.

The al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab has carried out several attacks in Kenya since 2011 when Kenya sent troops into Somalia to battle it.

No-one has yet claimed responsibility for Saturday's blasts.


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