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| Kenya children hurt 'in church grenade attack' | Kenya children hurt 'in church grenade attack' |
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| A number of children have been hurt in a grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police and media say. | A number of children have been hurt in a grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police and media say. |
| The attacker targeted the Sunday school section of the church on Juja Road. | |
| The Daily Nation newspaper said one child was killed. | |
| Attacks on Kenyan churches in July prompted the country's Inter-Religious Council chairman to urge a united front against sectarian division. | Attacks on Kenyan churches in July prompted the country's Inter-Religious Council chairman to urge a united front against sectarian division. |
| Deputy police spokesman Charles Owino told Reuters news agency: "There was an attack at St Polycarp's church on Juja Road. Three children were injured." | Deputy police spokesman Charles Owino told Reuters news agency: "There was an attack at St Polycarp's church on Juja Road. Three children were injured." |
| The Daily Nation quoted local police as saying that a number of those hurt were injured in a stampede after the attack. | |
| 'Another Nigeria' | |
| In July, 15 people were killed in raids on churches in Garissa, near Kenya's border with Somalia. | |
| At the time, there was speculation that the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab or its sympathisers were responsible. | |
| Adan Wachu, chairman of the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya, told the BBC Network Africa programme at the time: "There are people out there who are determined to make Kenya another Nigeria. | |
| "It's not going to be allowed to have a sectarian division in this country - whoever wants to do that will of course fail." | |
| Attacks on churches in Nigeria have been frequent this year. | |
| Many of them have been blamed on the Boko Haram group, which wants to establish Islamic law in a country where the north is largely Muslim and the south mainly Christian and animist. | |
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