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| Kenyan man arrested with 'mall IEDs' in Nairobi | Kenyan man arrested with 'mall IEDs' in Nairobi |
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| A man has been arrested at a shopping centre in Kenya's capital with three explosive devices, which have since been detonated in controlled explosions, police say. | A man has been arrested at a shopping centre in Kenya's capital with three explosive devices, which have since been detonated in controlled explosions, police say. |
| The Garden City Mall, one of the biggest shopping centres in the city, has also been evacuated. | The Garden City Mall, one of the biggest shopping centres in the city, has also been evacuated. |
| Security at Nairobi's shopping complexes has been stepped up since an attack on the Westgate mall. | Security at Nairobi's shopping complexes has been stepped up since an attack on the Westgate mall. |
| In 2013, four al-Shabab gunmen opened fire on shoppers killing 67 people. | |
| The man, who is now in custody, did not have any identification papers on him, police spokesperson Charles Owino told the BBC. | |
| Private security firm Securex Agencies has told people to avoid the area near the Garden City Mall on Thika road in north-eastern Nairobi until it had been "declared safe by the authorities". | |
| Since the Westgate siege, al-Shabab has launched a number of high-profile attacks, including one on a university in Garissa, in north-eastern Kenya, in which close to 150 people died in April. | |
| The Westgate shopping reopened in July. |