At least seven people were killed Sunday when an explosive detonated in a mini-bus in Nairobi, sparking fears of a fresh terrorist attack.
Several other people were injured and rushed to nearby hospitals, following the explosion in the Eastleigh estate on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital.
The Kenya Red Cross confirmed that at least 15 casualties have been transferred to the referral Kenyatta National Hospital.
The explosion in the mini-bus was caused when an attacker hurled a grenade in the ‘matatu’ vehicle, witnesses said.
The attack was near St Teresa’s Catholic Church. Eastleigh is inhabited mainly by Kenyans of Somali origin or Somalis.
Kenyan police have been struggling to maintain calm after violence erupted with people of Somali region being targeted.
The Kenyan capital has been a target for terrorist attacks since the Kenyan army rolled into neighbouring Somalia for a military operation against Al-Qaeda-allied Al-Shabaab militants.
The coastal city of Mombasa has also not been spared, with a grenade attack last Friday seriously wounding four people.
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