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Bomb link to Kenya factory blast | |
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Kenyan investigators have reportedly found the remnants of five bombs at a steel recycling factory where five people died on Monday night in a blast. | |
Eight other people are in hospital suffering from serious burns. | |
At the time of the explosion, the manager had speculated that artillery shells may have been mistakenly loaded into the furnance. | At the time of the explosion, the manager had speculated that artillery shells may have been mistakenly loaded into the furnance. |
The factory, 40km (25 miles) south of the capital, Nairobi, recycles 150 tons of scrap metal per day. | The factory, 40km (25 miles) south of the capital, Nairobi, recycles 150 tons of scrap metal per day. |
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe, however, has told the BBC he could not confirm remnants of bombs had been found. | |
He says that the company whose factory was destroyed sources some of its scrap metal from southern Sudan and parts of Kenya where British and American troops train, and there was a possibility of shells being collected. | |
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