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Deadly Blasts Rock Port City in Kenya | Deadly Blasts Rock Port City in Kenya |
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MOMBASA, Kenya — At least three people were killed in two explosions in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa on Saturday, witnesses and the local news media said. | |
One of the blasts erupted at a busy bus transport terminal, known as Mwembe Tayari, where a device inside a minibus exploded, killing three people, according to witnesses and local news reports. | One of the blasts erupted at a busy bus transport terminal, known as Mwembe Tayari, where a device inside a minibus exploded, killing three people, according to witnesses and local news reports. |
A second blast was heard at the Reef Hotel, which lies along the Indian Ocean coastline, but no casualties were reported in that explosion. | A second blast was heard at the Reef Hotel, which lies along the Indian Ocean coastline, but no casualties were reported in that explosion. |
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Kenya has suffered several recent attacks in Mombasa and in the capital, Nairobi, for which the government has blamed the Shabab, a Somali militant group that opposes Kenya’s intervention in Somalia. | There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Kenya has suffered several recent attacks in Mombasa and in the capital, Nairobi, for which the government has blamed the Shabab, a Somali militant group that opposes Kenya’s intervention in Somalia. |
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