THIS IS ALARMING ! SO PAINFUL how many bombings in 2014 i, to whom do we turn to? God Save us am in tears to see our young men lying dead..this is not fair at all 1975 Nairobi bombing & J M Kariuki murder 1980 Norfolk Hotel bombing 1998 Embassy bombing 2002 Kikambala bombing On 13 June 2010, during a NO campaign rally, a petrol bomb was thrown into the crowds as the meeting dispersed at dusk, sparking a stampede as people fled. Some witnesses reported that there had been two separate explosions, in Uhuru Park in the centre of the city.Five people were killed and as many as 75 were injured. The meeting was called by a church leader to campaign against a proposed new constitution in a referendum.[15] On 17 September 2011, a grenade shell was recovered within the premises of the office of the Prime Minister. However, police cooled off the issue saying it was not targeting anybody.[16] On 30 September 2012, the Sunday school of St Polycarps church in Nairobi was attacked with grenades. According to newspaper reports, one child was killed. Kenyan police blamed the attack on Al-Shabaab sympathizers.[17] On 21 September 2013, Al-Shabaab associated gunmen targeted and shot customers at Nairobis Westgate Shopping Mall. Over 80 people were reportedly killed On 14 March 2014, in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, two terrorists were arrested while driving a car carrying two improvised bombs.[18] On 19 March 2014, Kenyan police unintentionally parked a car outside their office that was carrying a massive cache of terrorist explosives, including 130 pounds of plastic.[19] On 1 April 2014, in the Eastleigh district of Nairobi, six people were killed and dozens more injured when terrorists exploded bombs at two separate locations about three hundred meters apart.[20] On 9 April 2014, it was reported that twelve shops in the Nairobi city center were being investigated for funneling money to terrorists.[21] On 23 April 2014, a terrorist car bomb that exploded in Nairobis Pangani quarter killed four people.[22] On 3 May 2014, twin terrorist attacks in the port city of Mombasa killed three people.[23] On 4 May 2014, on the Thika Highway in Nairobi, terrorists exploded homemade bombs on two commuter buses, nearly simultaneously and about a kilometer apart. According to the report, at least three people were killed and at least sixty-two others injured.[24] On 16 May 2014, at Gikomba Market in Nairobi, twin explosions claimed the lives of more than ten people.[25] On 23rd May 2014, a grenade was thrown at a police vehicle carrying two suspects in the City of Mombasa. Two people were injured. On 16th June 2014, at least 48 people were killed when suspected Shebab militants from Somalia stormed into a Kenyan coastal town and launched a major assault on a police station, hotels and government offices, officials said. Around 50 heavily-armed gunmen drove into the town of Mpeketoni, near the coastal island and popular tourist resort of Lamu, late on Sunday. Witnesses said they first attacked a police station, before starting to randomly shoot at civilians, some of whom had been watching the World Cup in local bars and hotels.
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