Details of the explosive device used to carry out the Latema explosion

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As unbowing Kenya was trying to heal from its recent terror attack,it has since yet been left in shock again after  a blast went off outside Odeon cinema at the Latema/Tom Mboya street junction on Saturday injuring two at about 7 pm.

A joint team is working to identify the owner of the evil luggage that contained an improvised Explosive Devise.

The team was reportedly sieving through security cameras at the scene as part of efforts to trace the movement of the trolly puller who had the luggage with the IED and the owner of the luggage as well.

The trolley puller told police he had been approached at the Baba Dogo bus stop by a woman in a hijab and asked him to deliver the luggage to Kenya Cinema area.

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The woman handed him Sh100 for the work. The money is among evidence now being analysed.After they had walked for about 200 meters, the woman told the trolley pusher she had forgotten her identification document at a nearby shop and needed to rush and pick it.

“The luggage went off minutes after the owner had left the scene claiming she had forgotten her ID and needed to pick it,” said the man at the hospital.

Police have established there were many nails used to make the IED. They also recovered a switch, which was used in setting it off.

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“We suspect there was a mobile phone planted on the explosive to trigger it off,” added another official.

The team also collected a number of materials from the scene. The man who was pushing the trolley is both a person of interest and witness in the probe.

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