Two almost simultaneous grenade attacks within the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and a close-by small town late Saturday killed one person and wounded at the least 24 others.
Officials say unidentified attackers threw a grenade at a Christian religious gathering in Mtwapa, a town north of Mombasa, killing a girl and wounding greater than 20 people.
In Mombasa, a second grenade attack was done against a cafe near the city's main stadium. There have been reports of 2 people wounded in that attack.
Kenya has seen several hit-and-run grenade attacks within the capital, Nairobi, since Kenyan troops entered neighboring Somalia last October to fight the unconventional Islamist group al-Shabab. But this was the primary incident in Mombasa, a preferred holiday destination.
This is the most recent in a string of grenade attacks at the capital since Kenya sent troops into Somalia in October to fight al Qaida-aligned al-Shabab militants.
In early March, a grenade attack in Nairobi killed in any case four people and injured about 40 others. Â
Kenya's government blames the al-Qaida-linked group of attacking and kidnapping foreign tourists on its territory. But Al-Shabab has denied involvement in recent grenade attacks in Kenya.
From WhatNewsToday.net
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