Saturday, January 26, 2019

BREAKING: EXPLOSION at Odeon Cinema Nairobi, one person injured

An explosion has occurred in Nairobi at the Tom Mboya – Latema Road intersection in what is suspected to be a IED.

One person was reportedly injured in the 7pm incident.

Preliminary reports indicated that a man of Somali descent had hired a cart pusher to carry a box when the luggage went off.

The device inside the box is suspected to have been a improvised explosive device. The owner of the luggage ran away.

Police have secured the scene for forensic analysis.

The incident comes in the wake of a terror attack at the upmarket DusitD2 complex on 14 Riverside Drive on January 15 that claimed 21 lives.

The Somali-based jihadi group al Shabaab claimed responsibility.

More details to follow …

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