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Blood and tears as blasts rock Mombasa
At least four people were killed Saturday night and scores injured when explosions rocked Mombasa as police heightened security in the coastal town.
The blast was said to have been set off by a hand grenade that was hurled at a group of people at the Mwembe Tayari bus terminal as they waited for transportation.
Eyewitnesses are conflicted as some say the grenade was hurled from a probox while others say it was from a motorcycle.
The blast in the central business district also ripped apart a Chania Travellers bus, shattering windows and mangling metal. The bus usually plies the Thika-Mombasa-Malindi route.
The blast also affected the rear section of another bus that was parked nearby.
The other blast went off in Nyali near a popular resort, but no one was injured.
Nelson Marwa, The Mombasa county police commissioner said that two women and one man died on the spot.
The blasts came at a time when police have
