14 wounded 2 Days after the US warned of Kenya terrorist threat

Date: 24-10-2011 4:52 am (13 years ago) | Author: Gullah Geeche
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The Daily Mail in the UK is reporting that a grenade attack on a nightclub in the centre of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has injured 14 people.

The grenade was thrown in the club early on Monday morning - the motive was not immediately clear.

The attack comes a week after Kenya sent troops into Somalia to track down members of the militant group al-Shabab, which Nairobi blames for a series of kidnappings in recent weeks.

Al-Shabab had threatened reprisal attacks if the troops did not leave.

The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group, which controls much of southern and central Somalia, has denied carrying out any abductions.

'Imminent threat'
"Initial investigations show it is a grenade that was thrown inside," said Nairobi police chief Eric Mugambi.

A local news station, Capital News Radio, quoted a witness as saying a man had asked to be let in to the Mwauras bar in central Nairobi shortly after 03:00 (0000 GMT). He then hurled a grenade and fled the scene, said the witness.

Lawrence Kioko, who was injured in the attack, told Reuters: "I heard an explosion - there was darkness and I thought the electricity had gone out but when I touched my face, there was blood."


Video footage showed blood and beer bottles on the floor of the nightclub - upturned seats and debris littered the floor.

"The guys came out running covered in blood. We helped them wash the blood off and they were carried away in ambulances," Jacob Musembi, an eyewitness, told Reuters.

Police cordoned off the area. No group has so far admitted carrying out the attack.

Last week, Kenya announced it would carry out a major security operation in Nairobi to flush out al-Shabab sympathisers once its Somalia operation had ended.

The US embassy in Nairobi warned on Saturday of an "imminent threat" of attacks in Kenya.


Posted: at 24-10-2011 04:52 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
- cutelizzy at 24-10-2011 05:44 AM (13 years ago)
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 Grin
Posted: at 24-10-2011 05:44 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- GullahGeeche at 24-10-2011 12:59 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: cutelizzy on 24-10-2011 05:44 AM
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 Huh? Huh? Huh?
Posted: at 24-10-2011 12:59 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- kebella at 24-10-2011 01:00 PM (13 years ago)
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 Lips Sealed Lips Sealed Lips Sealed :'( :'(

Posted: at 24-10-2011 01:00 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- cadanre at 24-10-2011 01:05 PM (13 years ago)
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What an irony! They are there in mogadishu searching for al-shabab, now al-shabab are in Nairobi.

Posted: at 24-10-2011 01:05 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
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- GullahGeeche at 24-10-2011 01:07 PM (13 years ago)
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WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES:

The video contains blood images and interviews with victims who were injured in the grenade attack. This attack shows how wicked some members of the "human race" have become. Even if you do not understand or speak Swahili you can still sympathize with thes people of Kenya.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqUhyjYbrXg" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqUhyjYbrXg</a>

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- kebella at 24-10-2011 01:08 PM (13 years ago)
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thnx God 4 their life

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- GullahGeeche at 24-10-2011 01:18 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: kebella on 24-10-2011 01:08 PM
thnx God 4 their life

Amen!
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- kebella at 24-10-2011 01:37 PM (13 years ago)
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 Cool

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- maryclaret at 24-10-2011 02:21 PM (13 years ago)
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Al-Qaeda groups everywhere. Na wa o

Posted: at 24-10-2011 02:21 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- babyleslie at 25-10-2011 12:39 AM (13 years ago)
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Dis world self...so much disaster...GOD, pls help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: at 25-10-2011 12:39 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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