KENYA: An explosion rocks a night club in Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, killing one and injuring eight the day after the US warned of an imminent attack.

Record ID: 362323

  • Title: KENYA: An explosion rocks a night club in Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, killing one and injuring eight the day after the US warned of an imminent attack.
  • Date: 25th June 2012
  • Summary: MOMBASA, KENYA (JUNE 24, 2012) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SCENES) GENERAL VIEW OF AREA WHERE BLAST WENT OFF, BOMB EXPERTS AND SNIFFER DOG MORE OF EXPERTS COMBING SCENE FOR EVIDENCE WATER BOTTLE AND BROKEN GLASSES AT SCENE BOMB EXPERTS COLLECTING SAMPLES/ DAMAE TO WALL CAUSED BY BLAST WIDE OF AREA, MILITARY POLICE ARRIVING AT SCENE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROVINCIAL POLICE BOS
  • Embargoed: 10th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Kenya
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA2N43ZOC9HCQB03Z44IF63GKM8
  • Story Text: An explosion hit a night club in Kenya's port of Mombasa on Sunday (June 24), killing one person, police said, a day after the U.S. embassy warned of an imminent attack on the city.
    Mombasa, a popular holiday destination for Kenyans and foreigners, has been struck by a series of blasts since Kenya sent troops into Somalia in October to crush Islamist militants.
    Local media said three people had been killed in the blast.
    Eight people wounded in the explosion were taken to hospital, police said.
    On Saturday (June 23), the U.S. embassy in Kenya's capital Nairobi warned of an imminent threat of an attack on Mombasa and asked all its workers to leave the coastal city.
    The U.S. embassy also said it had also suspended travel for its officials to Mombasa until July 1.
    Earlier on Sunday, the Kenyan government said it had written to the U.S. embassy to reverse its warning against travelling to Mombasa, terming it "a reckless advisory" and an act of "economic sabotage".
    The acting head of the Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Kimemia, said Kenya had the capacity to contain any terrorism threats.
    Police said on Saturday (June 24) they had recovered suspected bomb-making material in a working-class area in Nairobi.
    On May 15, attackers detonated three grenades outside a night club in Mombasa, killing a woman security guard.
    Nairobi and other parts of Kenya have suffered a series of grenade attacks since Kenya sent troops into Somalia.
    The U.S. embassy warning came days after police arrested two Iranians after seizing chemicals they suspected were going to be used to make explosives in Mombasa.
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