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Kenya: Grenade kills 1 in church attack
James Maina, who described himself as a church elder, said his church may have been targeted by neighbors who claim to own the land on which it is built. He said the church had suffered minor attacks in the past, including having its windows smashed.
“This thing is between the mechanics and the church,” he said, referring to the motor repairmen who he said want them gone. “The mechanics don’t want us to utilize this land. They are against us.”
The incident is the latest in a string of grenade attacks since Kenya sent troops into Somalia in October last year.
In March, grenade explosions at one of the main bus stations in Kenya’s capital killed nine people and wounded 40 others, the deadliest in the series of attacks.
Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants from neighboring Somalia have vowed to carry out a major attack on Kenya for sending troops in.
Sunday’s attack follows a U.S. Embassy warning that a terror attack on prominent government buildings and hotels in Nairobi could be imminent.
The embassy said Monday that the timing of the attack is not known but they believe it to be at a final planning stage.
