Kenyan bus attack on Sunday has killed three people, while more than 60 individuals were reported to be injured.
Two homemade bombs exploded on two buses in one of the busiest highways in the Kenyan capital. The Kenyan bus attack occurred along the Thika Highway in Nairobi involving two buses filled with commuters. According to the National Disaster Operations Center, among the 60 injured people, 20 of them are in critical condition.
The Associated Press reported that the deputy head of the bomb disposal unit, said that Sunday's blast was caused by improvised explosive devices which was also believed to be thrown at the two buses. The explosion has severely damaged the buses making its doors and windows blown. Before the Kenyan bus attack occurred, two explosions were already reported just a day before.
Police said that a grenade was thrown at a bus stop in the coastal town of Mombasa on Saturday wherein four people were killed while 15 others were injured. The second blast was near a beachfront hotel, but no fatalities were recorded. According to the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, the attacks done by the terrorists is their way of provoking a sectarian war.
"The terrorists would like a war of religion, bringing to an end our history of tolerance. This country will not allow it. The terrorists will be treated as the vicious criminals they are, and our tradition of easy coexistence will be maintained," Kenyatta said as posted in the huffingtonpost.com.
Before the Kenyan bus attack happened, terror warnings have been constant in Kenya. It has become the target of the attacks since it sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight the Islamic rebels, al-Shabab. BBC news reported that in September, the said rebel group seized the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi for four days wherein 67 people were killed.
Moreover, Kenya has conducted a security operation since last month to address the terror attacks, including Sunday's Kenyan bus attack. Police say that the operation is done to clear terrorists and illegal aliens who are blamed for smuggling weapons in Kenya.
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