Another grenade, another death in Kenya

Al-Shabaab from Somalia threatened Kenya after that nation sent troops into Somalia to quell cross-border raids by jihadists. The carnage has begun, and this is the latest, but certainly not the last message from the religion of peace.

From the BBC October 25

Kenya: Second explosion in Nairobi

A blast has gone off at a bus stop in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, killing at least one person, police say.

An earlier grenade attack on a bar in the city wounded 12 people.

The attacks happened two days after the US embassy in Kenya warned that an attack by Islamist militants from neighbouring Somalia was imminent.

But Kenyan Police Commissioner Matthew Iteere said there was no evidence linking the nightclub attack to the militants from the al-Shabab group.

The Kenyan government sent troops to Somalia more than a week ago to pursue the militants after accusing them of being behind a spate of abductions on its territory.

Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda and controls much of southern and central Somalia, denies involvement in the kidnappings but has warned of reprisals if Kenyan troops do not withdraw from Somalia.

We are not involved....until we are.

Grenade

Police said the explosion on Monday evening occurred at the OTC bus terminal in downtown Nairobi, which is usually a busy part of the city.

Kenya's Red Cross said on its Twitter feed that eight casualties had been rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital.

The BBC's Odhiambho Joseph in Nairobi says 18 people were wounded in total.

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