Inter-ethnic clashes in Nairobi

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2012-11-19T23:50:31+05:00

NAIROBI (AFP) - Clashes erupted in a mainly Somali area of Nairobi after a deadly weekend bus bombing, the latest attack in Kenya blamed on sympathisers of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, while gunmen killed three soldiers in the northeast. Police and hospital sources also said a further two people had succumbed to their injuries from Sunday’s bus bombing in the capital’s Eastleigh district, bringing the death toll to nine. Police used tear gas and fired into the air to contain rioting in Eastleigh on Monday after non-Somali Kenyans turned on Somalis and attacked their shops and stalls, accusing them of responsibility for the bomb. “There is chaos. Several people have been injured but we are doing everything possible to contain the riots,” Nairobi police chief Moses Nyakwama told AFP.

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