3 dead, 15 wounded in Nairobi blast

Published December 7, 2012 8:21pm ET



NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A grenade thrown at worshippers leaving a mosque in a Somali neighborhood in the Kenyan capital killed three people and wounded 15 on Friday evening, the city’s police chief said. The explosion was the second in the same Nairobi neighborhood in three days.

Kenyan media reported that a Muslim member of parliament was among the wounded, but police Chief Moses Ombati did not confirm that.

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