Just a Day after the US embassy in Nairobi had cautioned Kenyans about an ‘imminent threat’ of a terrorist attack, One person was later killed in an deadly explosion in Mombasa.
A police source said the blast happened inside Jericho Beer Garden Bar in Kisauni locality at about 10:00 local time where several were reportedly injured.
Sources said the bar was busy with people watching the quarter-final match between England and Italy in the Euro 2012 football tournament.
A witness told local media that he saw two men and a woman arrive in a car and walk towards the bar and shortly afterwards the blasts occurred as the car sped off.
“At first I thought it was electric transformer nearby which had blown up because it has been having problems. But a few minutes later I heard a second blast and then a third one and realised these were bomb explosions,” he said.
The Kenyan police had earlier arrested two Iranian nationals over suspected links to a terror network that was reportedly planning attacks in Mombasa.
Police also recovered suspected bomb-making material in the capital, Nairobi, on Saturday.
Kenyan security authorities including the US, France’s missions in Nairobi had also warned kenyans to be “extremely vigilant.
US officials had also been told to avoid the area until 1 July.
Meanwhile, people involved in terrorist activities on Kenyan soil risk being jailed for life and their properties seized if a proposed new law is passed.
The new law also provides compensation for terrorist victims. The proposed Compensation of Victims of Terrorism Fund would be funded from disposal of property seized from terrorists as well as fines imposed on those convicted.
However, some Kenyan Legistilators have vowed to reject the proposed law once it is taken to Parliament, but a section of Muslim religious leaders and professionals have supported the proposed law and called for some amendments.
The MPs claim that the Bill is sponsored by western governments. The latest developments come as the American embassy in Nairobi issued a warning of an imminent terrorist attack in Mombasa.
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