Kenya: al-Shabaab terrorists suspected in Sunday school attack that kills 1 child

The acting police chief in the capital of Kenya (Nairobi), says an explosive device set off in a Sunday school class killed one child and seriously wounded three.

Moses Ombati said he suspects sympathizers with the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab were behind the attack at an Anglican church.

Kenya has seen a series of attacks on churches ever since Kenyan forces moved into Somalia to join African Union troops to dislodge the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabaab last year.

Kenyan forces removed the al-Shabaab out of their last stronghold, Kismayu, on Friday.

Grenades are often used in the attacks; Ombati is describing the cause of Sunday’s attack as an explosive device.

One church member, Julius Macharia Maina, brought four children to the hospital. One child’s head was cut open; the others had bruises. Maina described the attack “emotional and very scary.”

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