Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
nairobi blastlatest news & developments
As police searched for further victims, bomb disposal experts were looking for any grenades left by the assailants. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
AL SHABAB

Kenya police scour rubble as hotel attack toll jumps to 21

The police chief revised the death toll to 21 from 14, saying the victims included 16 Kenyans, one American, one Briton and three of African descent

  • Francois Ausseill
  • Fran Blandy
5 min read
Kenyan’s lay flowers and light candles at a memorial event organized by the Muslim community to pay their respects to those who died and those who helped others escape. (AP)
AL SHABAB

Kenya makes 12th arrest for Nairobi mall attack

Another arrest has been made by Kenya over last week’s Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that left 67 people dead.

  • David Rising
5 min read
An image grab taken from AFP TV shows two children and a woman taking cover behind a bar inside the Westgate shopping mall. (AFP)
AL SHABAB

Kenya: South African killed in al-Shabab shooting

An SA man from Cape Town has been killed in the al-Shabab shooting in Kenya, confirmed the department of international relations and co-operation.

  • Khuthala Nandipha
5 min read
A blast has struck a shopping centre in Nairobi
AL SHEBAAB

Fertiliser bomb suspected in Nairobi blast

The United States’s FBI has joined the investigation into this week’s Nairobi blast, which officials say was likely caused by a fertiliser bomb.

  • Sapa Ap
2 min read