Two people have been injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off shortly after 7 pm outside Odeon Cinema in Nairobi.
Addressing journalists, Nairobi Regional Police Commander Philip Ndolo stated that the suspected attacker had hired a cart to carry a small box from Latema Road to Kenya Cinema.
When they got to the Latema Road-Tom Mboya street junction, he informed the cart-pusher, who has been identified as Joseph Okinyi, that he had forgotten his identification card at an M-PESA shop and requested to go and pick it.
While Okinyi was standing at the junction, the box that he was carrying exploded. He sustained minor injuries on his right hand during the incident.
A newspaper vendor who was nearby also sustained minor injuries on his right leg. The two were rushed to a nearby hospital.
The area has now been cordoned off as police try to piece things together.
Investigators will rely on CCTV cameras placed near the scene of the explosion to identify the attacker and track his movements.
This unfortunate incident comes barely a fortnight after terrorists stormed the Dusit D2 complex along Riverside Drive - an attack that left 21 people dead.
All the attackers were killed in an operation that was spearheaded by Kenya's elite forces.
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