Latema explosion: How the Saturday evening attack unfolded

A few minutes to 7.30pm, an unknown man is said to have approached a trolley owner at the Nairobi CBD. The man wanted his goods transported from Latema Road to the Nairobi Cinema area, it is claimed.

Halfway through the short journey, something suspicious happens; the owner of the goods claims to have forgotten his Identification Card and tracks back in search of it, leaving his goods with the trolley man to ferry them to the agreed destination with the promise of catching up with him once he gets his ID.

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No sooner had he left his sight, ll hell broke loose! The goods were being ferried were actually explosives which went off with aloud bang at the Latema-Tom Mboya junction, injuring the trolley man and a few other close by. A few minutes later,police and the Kenya Bomb squad were already at the scene, securing the area while the injured received medical attention.

The incident comes barely two weeks after the armed Al Shabaab terrorists bombed and shot at civilians working at the Dusit hotel in Westlands Nairobi, killing over 20 and injuring dozens.

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