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| Kenya car bomb kills four in Nairobi's Pangani quarter | Kenya car bomb kills four in Nairobi's Pangani quarter |
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| A car bomb has exploded outside a police station in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, killing four people. | A car bomb has exploded outside a police station in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, killing four people. |
| Police were taking the occupants of the car in for questioning in the Pangani neighbourhood when it exploded, the interior ministry said. | Police were taking the occupants of the car in for questioning in the Pangani neighbourhood when it exploded, the interior ministry said. |
| Two of those killed were police. | Two of those killed were police. |
| It is unclear who was behind the blast, but Nairobi has been targeted in the past in attacks attributed to Somali al-Shabab militants, who oppose Kenya's military involvement in Somalia. | It is unclear who was behind the blast, but Nairobi has been targeted in the past in attacks attributed to Somali al-Shabab militants, who oppose Kenya's military involvement in Somalia. |
| Kenya has been on alert for attacks since last September's assault by al-Shabab gunmen on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi left 67 people dead. | |
| Pangani district is near the Eastleigh suburb, where many people of Somali origin live. | Pangani district is near the Eastleigh suburb, where many people of Somali origin live. |
| The blast comes three weeks after police arrested more than 600 people in Eastleigh following explosions that killed six. | The blast comes three weeks after police arrested more than 600 people in Eastleigh following explosions that killed six. |
| Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight al-Shabab and the al-Qaeda-affiliated group vowed to retaliate by launching attacks in Kenya. | |
| President Uhuru Kenyatta met ethnic Somali leaders in March to ask for help in identifying people they thought may be behind recent attacks in the capital. |