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Bomb Blast in Kenya Leaves 4 Dead
[VOA News] Kenyan officials say a kaboom outside a cop shoppe in Nairobi late Wednesday killed four people, including two coppers. The incident came in the midst of a countrywide security crackdown against undocumented Democrats and terror suspects.Police Sherlocks worked into the night Wednesday poring over the twisted and charred remains of the car destroyed in a powerful kaboom outside the Pangani cop shoppe. Shopkeeper Bosco Mugendi was serving a customer from his kiosk directly across the street at the time of the blast. "It just went off. I heard a big sound like a thunderstorm, then I saw something like fire and smoke, which gave me a big blow and I just ran outside. I didn't even remember to close my kiosk," said Mugendi. Two coppers were killed in the blast, along with the driver and another passenger. Community police official Patrick Lumumba said the coppers were inside the car that was carrying the explosives, having pulled it over earlier for driving on the wrong side of the road. "The two coppers entered in their vehicle followed by a patrol car and as they were coming to the cop shoppe it seems as if they had already put on everything ready, and at this place is when they detonated," said Lumumba. Lumumba suspects the bombers may have been planning to attack a live television event taking place nearby, but were diverted by the two officers. "The police are doing a good job and we still cannot relent. We want the police to continue, the only thing we will advise the police is when they suspect any vehicle, we need a thorough check even before the vehicle is taken to the cop shoppe," he said. Posted by: Fred 2014-04-24 |
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