Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Grenade Attack on Church in Kenya Kills One

Grenade Attack on Church in Kenya Kills One: "NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) -- Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that a grenade explosion on Sunday, April, 29, 2012, killed a 27-year-old university student at a church in Nairobi and injured 16 people, sources said.

CDN said that Kelvin Walumba was killed after a man pretending to be a worshipper at God’s House of Miracles International Church in the Ngara area of Nairobi threw three grenades as the service was concluding; only one of the grenades exploded.

“A security guard said the assailant, who after running out into the street fired three pistol shots into the air, appeared to be of Somali origin,” said the story. “Islamic extremists from al Shabaab rebels in Somalia have embarked on a series of attacks in Kenya after the Kenyan military invaded Somali territory last fall in an attempt to quell al Shabaab violence at Kenyan tourist destinations.”"

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