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Kenya buses 'hit by blasts' in Nairobi | Kenya buses 'hit by blasts' in Nairobi |
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Two explosions have been reported on buses in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and there are fears of casualties, officials say. | Two explosions have been reported on buses in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and there are fears of casualties, officials say. |
Both blasts went off on Thika road, a busy highway north-east of the city. | |
One of the explosions ripped open the side of a bus and a rescue operation was under way, NTV reported. | One of the explosions ripped open the side of a bus and a rescue operation was under way, NTV reported. |
Sunday's attack was the second in Kenya in as many days. Recent violence has been blamed by the government on Somali Islamist group al-Shabab. | |
According to reports, the two explosions went off outside a hotel and at an underpass not far from Kasarani, north-east of the capital. | |
Television footage showed a large red bus with a big hole in its side and a green bus that had also sustained serious damage. | |
On Saturday, a grenade was thrown in a bus in the coastal city of Mombasa leaving four people dead and another 15 wounded. The bus had just travelled from Nairobi. There was a second blast near a beach-front hotel, but no-one was hurt. |