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    March 12, 2012

In Kenya, Four Arrested Over Grenade Attacks

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   A policeman inspects pockets of a man killed in an explosion in Kenya's
   capital, Nairobi, March 10, 2012.
   Photo: Reuters
   A policeman inspects pockets of a man killed in an explosion in Kenya's
   capital, Nairobi, March 10, 2012.

   Kenyan police say they have arrested four people in connection with
   deadly grenade attacks in Nairobi blamed on the Somali militant group
   al-Shabab.
   Officials said Monday they had arrested Slyvester Opiyo and three
   teenagers and brought them in for questioning. Opiyo was previously
   arrested in December on suspicion of having links to al-Shabab.
   Officials accuse attackers of hurling grenades at the outdoor terminal
   of a major bus station in the capital on Saturday evening. The attack
   killed at least six people and injured about 60.
   This is the latest in a string of gun, bomb and grenade attacks that
   have killed dozens of people since Kenya sent troops into Somalia in
   October to fight al-Shabab.
   The group recently formalized an alliance with al-Qaida, and East
   African governments have declared the militants to be a regional
   threat.
   Al-Shabab has been trying to overthrow Somalia's government and turn
   the country into a strict Islamic state.
   The group claimed responsibility for bombings in Uganda's capital that
   killed more than 70 people in July 2010.
   No one has claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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