At least six others including Kamakunji MP Yussuf Hassan are admitted to hospital with multiple injuries following the blast that was caused by a grenade that was hurled at him.

More police have been deployed to the area a major operation after riots broke out last night with a group of youths barricading roads. Police had to fire to the air to disperse the crowd that also lit fires.

The blast had sparked violent protests, with rowdy youth barricading roads with burning tyres. Police who included GSU personnel had to fire to the air to disperse the crowd that also attacked even journalists. The group said they wanted to flush out known terrorists who have been operating there.

Mr Hassan who had been talking to a group of youths after leaving the mosque got injured when someone threw a grenade at them.

He suffered a fractured leg and was taken to the Aga Khan Hospital and the others to the Kenyatta National Hospital, six of them with serious injuries.

The same area suffered a serious blast last month when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that had been abandoned in a bus went off killing ten passengers.

The incident comes after another blast happened on Wednesday in Joska Nairobi’s Eastleigh area where at least seven people were injured and one succumbed to the injuries.

It is believed the attacks are being committed by remnants of Al-Shabaab terror group.

Source: Standard.