NAIROBI, Kenya — At least three people were killed in a grenade blast in one of two explosions Saturday along the coast of Kenya, an east African country working to crack down on a recent wave of terrorist attacks.
Authorities said the grenade blast at a bus stop in Mwembe Tayari, in the coastal city of Mombasa, also injured seven other people.
Separately, a bag with an improvised explosive device was spotted near the coastal Reef Hotel in Nyali, and passers-by noticed in time to take cover before it detonated, the Interior Ministry said. No fatalities were immediately reported there.
Authorities said they didn’t immediately have an explanation for the explosions.
Rights organizations accuse the police of profiling Somalis, detaining suspects without trial, denying them representation, extortion, circumventing the courts to deport Somalis back home and holding the suspects in inhumane conditions.
