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| Twin explosions rock Kenyan city | Twin explosions rock Kenyan city |
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| Three people have reportedly been killed in two explosions in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa. | |
| According to one report, a grenade was thrown in a bus that had just arrived from Nairobi, leaving three dead and several others wounded. | |
| The other blast happened at 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 Islamist militants. | Kenya has been hit by a spate of attacks blamed by the government on Somali Islamist 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. | |
| It is thought that at least another explosion was planned for a nearby cinema complex but was unsuccessful. | |
| Al-Shabab was accused of carrying out an attack on a church in Mombasa in March that killed six people. | |
| Shortly afterwards, a radical Muslim cleric alleged to have acted as a recruiter for al-Shabab was shot dead near Mombasa, prompting riots in the city. | |
| Kenya has vowed to halt attacks by militant Islamists and arrested some 2,000 people in the capital last month. |