Nine people including Yemeni nationals have been arrested in connection with Sunday night’s grenade attack in Kenya’s Eastleigh suburb that left two people injured.
Police say the suspects include eight Yemeni nationals who were staying a flat next to the scene where the explosion went off along Muratina Road few meters away from a mosque that was targeted a week ago.
The other one is a Somali national who was a caretaker of the flat, police said.
The grenade was looped into a compound that hosts a bar and exploded few meters away injuring the two.
Nairobi Area police boss Moses Ombati said the suspects were arrested for interrogation.
“It seems the target was the bar and the grenade was looped in there from a different compound but we will know more soon,” said Ombati.
Ombati said there was one grenade that was thrown at the scene adding police patrols will be enhanced in the area.
Eastleigh has suffered previous attacks that police have blamed on Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab militant group.
Wirestory
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