At least three people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in Mombasa, Kenya, officials say.
Reports of multiple bomb explosions in Mombasa... in Nyali near Reef Hotel and in town near Coast Bus. Exact details are yet UNCONFIRMED. All residents of Mombasa are advised to exercise extreme caution. Please share information as it comes.
Kenya has been targeted in the past by attacks which the government has blamed on the al Qaeda-linked Somali group al Shabaab.
Several others are also said to have been injured by the explosions in the coastal city.
One blast happened at a busy bus station in Mwembe Tayari, near the city centre, where a device inside a minibus exploded killing at least three people, and wounding seven others.
Another occurred near a well-known beach resort hotel, the Reef Hotel, in the Nyali area of the city, although no casualties are reported in that explosion.
An unattended bag had been found on the beach, which was abandoned at the gate of the hotel after it was found to contain what looked like an explosive device, which subsequently went off.
Hotelier Mohammed Hersi told Sky News there had been no injuries and all the guests were safe.
A police official said: "We had two incidents. One at the bus station where three people have lost their lives. In the second incident that occurred near a hotel in Nyali there were no casualties."
While no one has immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts, Kenya has been targeted in the past by gun and grenade attacks in Mombasa and central Nairobi, which the government has blamed on the al Qaeda-linked Somali group al Shabaab.
Last year, a terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi left at least 67 people dead.
One blast happened at a busy bus station in Mwembe Tayari, near the city centre, where a device inside a minibus exploded killing at least three people, and wounding seven others.
Another occurred near a well-known beach resort hotel, the Reef Hotel, in the Nyali area of the city, although no casualties are reported in that explosion.
An unattended bag had been found on the beach, which was abandoned at the gate of the hotel after it was found to contain what looked like an explosive device, which subsequently went off.
Hotelier Mohammed Hersi told Sky News there had been no injuries and all the guests were safe.
A police official said: "We had two incidents. One at the bus station where three people have lost their lives. In the second incident that occurred near a hotel in Nyali there were no casualties."
While no one has immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts, Kenya has been targeted in the past by gun and grenade attacks in Mombasa and central Nairobi, which the government has blamed on the al Qaeda-linked Somali group al Shabaab.
Last year, a terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi left at least 67 people dead.
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