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| Three killed, dozens injured in twin bomb blasts in Nairobi |
| 2014-05-05 |
[ABC.NET.AU] At least three people were killed and dozens more maimed when bombs went kaboom!in two buses on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Two privates buses were ripped apart by what is believed to be improvised bombs. More than 60 people were taken to hospital, some of them at death's door. It is the second attack in Kenya in as many days after eight people died in three kabooms in the coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday. "Security agencies are in pursuit of the perpetrators of this heinous and cowardly act," Kenya's vice-president William Ruto said about the latest bombings. Kenyan media reports said bombs appeared to have been planted on the buses, while unconfirmed reports said powerful grenades may have been thrown at them from the side of the road. The buses blew up along the Thika Road highway, an area around eight kilometres north-east of Nairobi's city centre. An AFP news hound at the scene saw a red passenger bus with a large hole in its side, and with the ripped panels spattered in blood. Kenyan media also showed images of a green bus with its roof and sides buckled by an kaboom. The Nation newspaper said the 45-seater buses were almost full when the blasts occurred. |
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