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| Deadly explosions in Kenyan capital | Deadly explosions in Kenyan capital |
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| At least six people have been killed in explosions in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, officials say. | At least six people have been killed in explosions in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, officials say. |
| Several people were also injured in the blast, which took place in the Eastleigh suburb of the city. | |
| Eastleigh is known as "Little Mogadishu" because it has a large Somali population. | Eastleigh is known as "Little Mogadishu" because it has a large Somali population. |
| "Police are securing the area for emergency response services," said the Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre. | |
| The cause of the blast is unknown but there have been several grenade attacks in Eastleigh, including one in December last year that killed four people. | |
| Although no group said it was behind that attack, many blamed it on the Somali militant group al-Shabab. | |
| Four members of the group were behind the four-day siege at a shopping centre in Nairobi last September, in which 67 people died. | |
| The militants had stayed in Eastleigh before launching the attack. | |
| Kenya has several thousand troops in Somalia, helping the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab, who are linked to al-Qaeda. |