Grenade Attacks in Eastleigh

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Grenade attack hits Nairobi's mainly Somali Eastleigh area
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At least one person has been injured in a grenade attack in a predominantly Somali district of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police say.

Three grenades were thrown from a vehicle towards shops in Eastleigh, witnesses said.

No group has so far said it carried out the attack.

However, the area has suffered previous attacks that officials have blamed on Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group.

Kenya says al-Shabab is trying to destabilise the country.

The Citizen TV station reported that the blast happened on Eastleigh's Muratina road.

A reporter for Reuters news agency at the scene said one grenade had hit a butcher's shop next to a guest house, blowing a hole in the wall and shattering windows. The injured person had been a customer at the shop, Reuters said.

Eastleigh was hit by two grenade attacks earlier this month that left at least six people dead.

In November, Kenya accused al-Shabab of killing seven people in another grenade attack in the area.

Last year, Kenya sent its troops to fight al-Shabab in Somalia. They have now joined the 18,000-strong African Union (AU) force supporting the UN-backed government.

[AbdiWahab252]

Someone wants to displace the Somalis from Eastleigh. The Prime Minister of Kenya recently called for all Somali refugees to vacate Nairobi and head to Dadaab.

Somaliyeey, the Exodus has started.

[original dervish]

yeah....its not looking good for Somalis....i feel that there is something bad brewing.

[ElfRuler]

About time.....

[ModerateMuslim]

yeah....its not looking good for Somalis....i feel that there is something bad brewing.

yea, it doesnt look good for somalis, especially since most of them are dignified enough not to prostitute themselves to anyone, muchless to fufus like in your case.

[ModerateMuslim]

About time.....

i'm sure this brings you much joy because a lot of somali men and boys will be killed, even if a lot of somali women and girls will also be killed in the process, because you hate somali men and boys that much.

[ElfRuler]

About time.....

i'm sure this brings you much joy because a lot of somali men and boys will be killed, even if a lot of somali women and girls will also be killed in the process, because you hate somali men and boys that much.

Plenty of joy the past 21+ yrs.

[union]

I have advised many a relative not to invest their hard earned dollars in that shithole Eastleigh. Soon they will come to realize how right I was.

[waayeel101]

dadki wadankoda hagajisan wayey waxas iyo wax ka daran aya lagu samayn.

[KartiHaween]

About time.....

i'm sure this brings you much joy because a lot of somali men and boys will be killed, even if a lot of somali women and girls will also be killed in the process, because you hate somali men and boys that much.

Plenty of joy the past 21+ yrs.