Islamic Terrorism: 1 dead, 8 wounded in Kenya



A victim of an explosion in a club is attended to by a nurse in the emergency wing of Kenyatta National Hospital


Islamic terrorists from Somalia have made repeated attacks on Kenya

A grenade explosion in the center of Nairobi on Monday evening killed one person and wounded at least eight, the second attack in the Kenyan capital within 24 hours, the police said.

The two grenade blasts came two days after the U.S. embassy in Kenya warned that an attack was imminent as the east African nation fights Islamist militants in neighboring anarchic Somalia reports New Vision.

"Eight casualties rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital, one dead after explosion," the Red Cross said on its Twitter feed.

The police said the blast was at an OTC bus terminal in downtown Nairobi that would have been busy at the time of the explosion.

"An explosion has occurred at OTC, one person is dead and eight have been rushed to hospital. It was a hand grenade again," deputy police spokesman Charles Owino said.

A grenade attack at a bar in Nairobi early on Monday morning wounded 13 patrons. No one immediately claimed responsibility for either blast.

Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels, who have mounted similar attacks in the past in Somalia and Uganda, had threatened major reprisals if Kenyan troops did not leave Somalia.



The ethnic groups of Kenya.  A large part of the nation has a Somali majority.


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