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| Nairobi bus hit by deadly grenade attack | |
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| At least four people have been killed and several injured by a grenade attack on a bus in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, the interior ministry says. | |
| The blast hit the 32-seater bus near the Eastleigh suburb, which is home thousands of ethnic Somalis. | |
| The ministry said such attacks would "not be tolerated" | |
| The Eastleigh area has suffered several attacks in the past, blamed by officials on Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group. | |
| The group was behind the siege at the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi earlier this month in which 67 people died. | |
| "A group of assailants threw a grenade into a bus with 32 seats," the interior ministry said on its Twitter account. | |
| "The attack is an unfortunate and cowardice incident which will not be tolerated," it said, appealing for information from the public. | |
| Police said the bus had been close to a girls' school when it was hit on Sunday afternoon. | |
| The Kenyan Red Cross said on its Twitter feed that 15 injured people had been taken to hospital. | |
| Last year, Kenya sent its troops to fight al-Shabab in Somalia. They have now joined the 18,000-strong African Union (AU) force supporting the UN-backed government. |