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MEMBERS OF THE AL-QA'IDA-ALIGNED AL-SHABAAB ISLAMIST GROUP IN SOMALIA. AFP
THE death toll from a grenade attack in the Kenyan capital, which has been linked to Somalia's insurgent group al-Shabaab, has risen to six.
Four grenades were thrown at a busy Nairobi bus station on Saturday night, killing three people on the spot.
Three others died later and 68 were being treated for injuries. Four were missing, the Kenya Red Cross said.
Police were quick to blame Somalia's Islamist insurgent group.
Al-Shabaab has not claimed responsibility.
The attack is the first in Nairobi since October, when grenades were thrown at another bus station and into a bar.
These were blamed on an al-Shabaab sympathiser and came shortly after Kenya sent forces into Somalia.
Kenya got involved in Somalia's insurgency after a series of kidnappings of tourists and aid workers from the Kenyan side of the border.
Nairobi blamed al-Shabaab for the abductions, which threatened Kenya's crucial tourism industry. The insurgents denied involvement.
The militants threatened to carry out terror attacks in Kenya, although so far action has been limited to small-scale actions in Nairobi and the border regions.
Al-Shabaab has been battling to oust Somalia's internationally backed government since early 2007. It has begun to lose ground in recent months under pressure from Kenya, Ethiopia and African Union forces.
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