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Deadly Kenya grenade attack targets children in church | |
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One child has been killed and six critically hurt, the Red Cross says, in a grenade attack on a church's Sunday school in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. | |
The attacker targeted St Polycarp's church on Juja Road. | |
A police spokesman said they suspected sympathisers of Somalia's al-Shabab Islamist militants were to blame. | |
Kenyan troops are at present part of an African Union force that has forced al-Shabab from its last Somali urban stronghold of Kismayo. | Kenyan troops are at present part of an African Union force that has forced al-Shabab from its last Somali urban stronghold of Kismayo. |
The Daily Nation quoted local police as saying that a number of those hurt at the church were injured in a stampede after the attack. | |
The police spokesman, Charles Owino, told Reuters news agency: "We suspect this blast might have been carried out by sympathisers of al-Shabab. | |
"These are the kicks of a dying horse since, of late, Kenyan police have arrested several suspects in connection with grenades." | |
'Another Nigeria' | 'Another Nigeria' |
Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa have suffered a series of grenade attacks since Kenya sent troops into Somalia last October. | Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa have suffered a series of grenade attacks since Kenya sent troops into Somalia last October. |
The attacks in Mombasa escalated after radical Islamist preacher Aboud Rogo Mohammed was killed in a drive-by shooting in August. | The attacks in Mombasa escalated after radical Islamist preacher Aboud Rogo Mohammed was killed in a drive-by shooting in August. |
In July, 15 people were killed in raids on churches in Garissa, near Kenya's border with Somalia. | In July, 15 people were killed in raids on churches in Garissa, near Kenya's border with Somalia. |
There was speculation that al-Shabab or its sympathisers were responsible. | There was speculation that al-Shabab or its sympathisers were responsible. |
Those attacks prompted the country's Inter-Religious Council chairman to urge a united front against sectarian division. | Those attacks prompted the country's Inter-Religious Council chairman to urge a united front against sectarian division. |
Adan Wachu told the BBC Network Africa programme at the time: "There are people out there who are determined to make Kenya another Nigeria. | Adan Wachu 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." | "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. | 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. | 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. |