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Kenya: deadly blast at Mombasa bus terminal Kenya: deadly blast at Mombasa bus terminal
(about 14 hours later)
At least three people were killed when attackers threw an explosive device at passengers at a bus station in Mombasa on Saturday, and a luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal city was damaged in a separate blast, officials said. At least three people were killed on Saturday when attackers threw an explosive device at passengers at a bus station in Mombasa, and a separate blast damaged a luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal city.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Kenya has blamed similar attacks on the al-Qaida-linked Somali group al-Shabaab, which killed at least 67 people at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Kenya has blamed similar attacks on the al-Qaida-linked Somali group al-Shabaab, which killed at least 67 people at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September.
There have been a string of attacks since then.There have been a string of attacks since then.
"A grenade was thrown at passengers," Mombasa county commissioner Nelson Marwa said. "A grenade was thrown at passengers," the Mombasa county commissioner, Nelson Marwa, said.
"The attackers were riding on a motorbike, and lobbed the grenade at the crowd of people at the bus terminus." "The attackers were riding on a motorbike and lobbed the grenade at the crowd of people at the bus terminus."
More than 20 people were wounded.More than 20 people were wounded.
Guards at the seaside Reef Hotel said they had prevented attackers from gaining entry, but the suspects threw a bag with an explosive device into the compound. A roof of one building was ripped off by the blast and part of its wall collapsed. Guards at the seaside Reef hotel said they had prevented attackers from entering, but that the suspects threw a bag with an explosive device into the compound. The blast ripped the roof of one building and part of its wall collapsed.
At the bus terminus, victims were sprawled in a pool of blood and the road was littered with shattered glass from a bus. At the bus terminus, victims lay in a pool of blood and the road was littered with shattered glass from a bus.
"I didn't see who threw the object, but I heard a loud explosion before I fell to the ground. I then felt my legs go numb," Halima Sidi, 26, who works at a local supermarket, said at a hospital as nurses bandaged her wounded legs. "I didn't see who threw the object, but I heard a loud explosion before I fell to the ground. I then felt my legs go numb," said local supermarket workler Halima Sidi, 26, as nurses bandaged her wounds.
The Kenyan coast's large Muslim minority, many of whom feel marginalised by the government, has been a fertile recruitment ground for Islamist militant networks.The Kenyan coast's large Muslim minority, many of whom feel marginalised by the government, has been a fertile recruitment ground for Islamist militant networks.
Kenya sent soldiers into Somalia in 2011 to try to drive out al-Shabaab, which it sees as a threat to its own borders and security.Kenya sent soldiers into Somalia in 2011 to try to drive out al-Shabaab, which it sees as a threat to its own borders and security.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the tourism sector was "on its knees" due to attacks by the militants, who want Kenyan troops out of Somalia. Kenyatta has rejected their demand. President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the tourism sector was "on its knees" as a result of attacks by the militants, who want Kenyan troops out of Somalia. Kenyatta has rejected their demand.
Mombasa is a draw for tourists as well as a major port for the east African region, situated on the Indian Ocean coastline. Mombasa is a draw for tourists as well as a major port for the east African region.