Tuesday, June 12, 2007

ARRESTS AFTER KENYAN BOMB BLAST !

The blast happened during the morning rush hour. Police in Kenya say they have made three arrests following Monday's blast in the capital, Nairobi.
At least one person was killed and about 30 injured in the explosion outside a city centre cafe.
The police have played down the incident, saying the blast was "extremely small".
The blast was close to the site of the 1998 US embassy bombing which killed 213 people and for which al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.
The explosion happened at about 0800 local time (0500 GMT) outside the City Gate Restaurant as people were travelling to work.
Bombers at large
The BBC's Karen Allen in Nairobi says speculation is rife is that the bomber - or team responsible for the explosion - may still be at large.
After the blast, people just started screaming and running all over -Johnson Nyaga, eyewitness.

'People were screaming'
'My brush with bomber'

Witnesses say two men left the parcel with the explosive next to a shoe shiner before running away from the scene.
A police statement released on Tuesday says the identity of the person killed during the blast has not been established, but he was an African in his mid-30s.
Torn pieces of the Koran were found near a body outside the cafe but at this stage it is not clear if they are linked to this attack.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said they had discounted earlier reports that a group of Somali men near the scene of the blast - may have been involved.
"Three people of Somali origin, reported by eyewitness to have disembarked from a taxi near the scene moments before the explosion have been traced and interrogated by police. It has now been established that the three were Rwandese nationals, who were going about their private business in Nairobi."
Our reporter says that business has returned to normal in Nairobi but there is sense of nervousness - that at a time when Kenya is already on high alert because if past experiences of bombings - explosives can be detonated in the very heart of the capital.
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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