{"id":14236,"date":"2014-05-04T06:09:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T06:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/twin-explosions-kill-3-in-mombasa\/"},"modified":"2014-05-04T06:08:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T06:08:58","slug":"twin-explosions-kill-3-in-mombasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/twin-explosions-kill-3-in-mombasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Explosions Kill 3 in Mombasa"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Three people have been killed and several wounded in two explosions in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, police say.}}<\/p>\n

In the deadliest attack, a grenade was reportedly thrown in a bus that had just arrived from Nairobi.<\/p>\n

The other blast happened at a bar near a hotel in the Nyali beach area. There are no reports of casualties there.<\/p>\n

Kenya has been hit by a spate of attacks blamed by the government on Somali Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

The al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab has carried out several attacks in Kenya since 2011, when Kenya sent troops into Somalia to battle it.<\/p>\n

No-one has yet claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blasts.<\/p>\n

{{Third attack?}}<\/p>\n

The first blast is believed to have occurred after a grenade was thrown in a Nairobi-Mombasa bus that had just arrived in the busy Mwembe Tayari transport terminal, killing three people and wounding at least four others.<\/p>\n

The second explosion took place at a beach bar near the Nayali Reef Hotel, after a device was left in a plastic bag in the washroom.<\/p>\n

It is thought that a third attack was planned for a nearby cinema complex but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

All three incidents happened within minutes of each other, reporters said.<\/p>\n

Tensions have been rising in Mombasa in recent months, with authorities accusing Islamists of radicalising local youths.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab was blamed for an attack on a church in Mombasa in March that killed six people.<\/p>\n

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