Samples Collected From Nairobi Blast Scene
A SIM card and pellets were among samples that detectives collected from the scene of one of the bus explosions
In Summary
The buses had picked up passengers from Nairobi city centre for Githurai and Mwiki when the explosions occurred around 5.30pm.
A police spokesperson said that the one destined for Mwiki had picked up 51 passengers from the city but it exploded on reaching the Roysambu roundabout, 20 kilometres from the city centre. The blast occurred minutes after another one ripped a bus headed to Githurai.
Nation Reporter and Correspondent
A SIM card and pellets were among samples that detectives collected from the scene of one of the bus explosions.
Bomb experts were called in and inspected the two vehicles before they were towed to the Kasarani Police Station.
By last night, detectives had not established the identity of those behind the twin attacks.
The buses had picked up passengers from Nairobi city centre for Githurai and Mwiki when the explosions occurred around 5.30pm.
A police spokesperson said that the one destined for Mwiki had picked up 51 passengers from the city but it exploded on reaching the Roysambu roundabout, 20 kilometres from the city centre.
The blast occurred minutes after another one ripped a bus headed to Githurai.
Police were looking for two male suspects who alighted from the bus just as it left the city centre.
The two had boarded the vehicle but remained standing though there were vacant seats.
The conductor ordered them to alight when all seats were occupied and they obliged without a word. Although some passengers became suspicious, they did not raise the alarm.
Some of the injured passengers sustained broken limbs, cuts and pieces of metal embedded in their bodies.
“We have not established if some of the attackers were in the bus and if at all they were injured,” said Ms Gatiria Mboroki, police spokesperson.
Ms Mboroki urged the matatu owners to enhance security in their vehicles. “We use this occasion to urge matatu operators to always screen their passengers and luggage for their safety,” she said.
“These incidents could have been averted.”
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| Investigators collect samples from bomb blast in Nairobi on May 4, 2014. |
In Summary
The buses had picked up passengers from Nairobi city centre for Githurai and Mwiki when the explosions occurred around 5.30pm.
A police spokesperson said that the one destined for Mwiki had picked up 51 passengers from the city but it exploded on reaching the Roysambu roundabout, 20 kilometres from the city centre. The blast occurred minutes after another one ripped a bus headed to Githurai.
Nation Reporter and Correspondent
A SIM card and pellets were among samples that detectives collected from the scene of one of the bus explosions.
Bomb experts were called in and inspected the two vehicles before they were towed to the Kasarani Police Station.
By last night, detectives had not established the identity of those behind the twin attacks.
The buses had picked up passengers from Nairobi city centre for Githurai and Mwiki when the explosions occurred around 5.30pm.
A police spokesperson said that the one destined for Mwiki had picked up 51 passengers from the city but it exploded on reaching the Roysambu roundabout, 20 kilometres from the city centre.
The blast occurred minutes after another one ripped a bus headed to Githurai.
Police were looking for two male suspects who alighted from the bus just as it left the city centre.
The two had boarded the vehicle but remained standing though there were vacant seats.
The conductor ordered them to alight when all seats were occupied and they obliged without a word. Although some passengers became suspicious, they did not raise the alarm.
Some of the injured passengers sustained broken limbs, cuts and pieces of metal embedded in their bodies.
“We have not established if some of the attackers were in the bus and if at all they were injured,” said Ms Gatiria Mboroki, police spokesperson.
Ms Mboroki urged the matatu owners to enhance security in their vehicles. “We use this occasion to urge matatu operators to always screen their passengers and luggage for their safety,” she said.
“These incidents could have been averted.”
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