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At least one killed in Nairobi explosion
2012-08-04
At least one person has been killed in an explosion in a Somali suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, on the eve of a visit by Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State. A dozen more were reportedly injured in the blast, which hit Nairobi's Eastleigh neighbourhood. There were conflict reports of a grenade attack and suicide bomber.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, the latest in a string of attacks in Kenya.

Mrs Clinton, on an 11-day, seven-nation Africa tour, is due to travel to Kenya on Saturday, where she is due to meet with Kenyan leaders and officials from Somalia's government, which is preparing to end its mandate later this month.

Nairobi's Eastleigh district is home to thousands of Kenyan ethnic Somalis, as well as Somalis who have fled more than two decades of war in their nation.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  After the Dem Convention.
Posted by: Ulavise Trotsky1140   2012-08-04 14:19  

#2  Speaking of the Hildebeast, has she been deported, or when will this overseas tour come to an end ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-04 10:42  

#1  Can't say much there - and Hillary is not endangered by this particular incident (although Nairobi is obviously at elevated risk). Eastleigh is a major ghetto populated largely by Somali's, and there has been a strong element of undergound support for hard line Islamists and al-Shabaab there. Kenyan and US intel are well aware of it. It's unclear why militants would explode a genade in their own backyard - but perhaps there was an internal rift, or maybe it was a personal vendetta.
Posted by: Raider   2012-08-04 10:31  

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