On 14 December 2013, a
hand grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern hand grenade genera ...
was thrown onto a minibus in
Eastleigh, a
Somali-dominated suburb in
Nairobi, the capital of
Kenya. The explosion killed at least 4 people and wounded 36 others. It was the fourth such attack to occur during the 50th anniversary week of Kenya's independence. Thirteen people died since 10 December 2013, with no group claiming responsibility for the assaults. A string of similar attacks have occurred in various areas across Kenya since the
Kenyan military deployed troops in southern
Somalia against the
Al-Shabaab militant group.
See also
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Terrorism in Kenya
Many terrorist attacks have occurred in Kenya during the 20th and 21st centuries. In 1980, the Jewish-owned Norfolk hotel was attacked by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In 1998, the US embassy was bombed in Nairobi, as was the Isr ...
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Westgate shopping mall attack
On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that starte ...
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2011–14 terrorist attacks in Kenya
References
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Attacks in Africa in 2013
Mass murder in 2013
2010s in Nairobi
Terrorist incidents in Kenya in 2013
2013 Nairobi bus attack
On 14 December 2013, a hand grenade was thrown onto a minibus in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Eastleigh, a Somali people, Somali-dominated suburb in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The explosion killed at least 4 people and wounded 36 others. It was the fou ...
Terrorist incidents on buses in Africa
2013 murders in Kenya