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On 4 May 2014, two improvised explosive devices exploded on buses in Nairobi, Kenya, killing three people and injuring sixty-two. [1] [2] Both of the bombs exploded northeast of Nairobi on the Thika Road, an eight-lane controlled-access highway, and detonated 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) apart. Twenty of the wounded were in critical condition after ...
The Nairobi police station bombing occurred in front of a police station in Nairobi, Kenya on 23 April 2014. The bomb killed at least 4 people including 2 police. [1] [2]
23 April 2014 – Nairobi police station bombing: A car bomb exploded in front of a police station in Nairobi's Pangani quarter, killing four people including two police. 3 May 2014: Three people were killed and 15 were injured when a hand grenade was detonated inside a bus in Mombasa.
From late 2011 to 2014, Kenya experienced an upsurge in violent terrorist attacks. Kenyan government officials asserted that many of the murders and blasts were carried out by al-Shabaab in retaliation for Operation Linda Nchi, a coordinated military mission between the Somalian military and Kenyan military that began in October 2011, when troops from Kenya crossed the border into the conflict ...
OpenStreetMap view of attack location. On 16 May 2014, two improvised explosive devices were detonated simultaneously [3] in the Gikomba market in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 12 people and injuring 70. [4] [5] The first blast came from a minibus and the second from within the market. [1] Two people were reportedly arrested at the site of ...
2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack. / 1.27000°S 36.80361°E / -1.27000; 36.80361. The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead. [7] [8] [9] [10]
v. t. e. On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, [4] Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. [5] The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, [6] including 62 civilians ...
Between 15 June and 17 June 2014, more than 60 people were killed in attacks in and near Mpeketoni, Kenya.The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility, but the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta asserted that the attacks were organized by local politicians with ties to a network of gangs.