Eight injured in Garissa grenade attack

A hand grenade. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Police say eight people were on Wednesday evening injured in the Bula Punda area, Garissa, after assailants threw a hand grenade at them.

The assailants threw the grenade inside a food kiosk where the seven were seated. The incident happened around 7:30pm.

North Eastern regional CID boss Musa Yego has confirmed the incident.

He said the assailant are unknown and still at large.

Victims of the attack were rushed to Garissa Referral Hospital.

Police spokesperson Zipporah Mboroki said the eight only sustained minor bruises with no fractures.

Meanwhile, a terror suspect was intercepted and arrested Wednesday evening in Mwingi as he tried to make his way to Nairobi from Garissa.

The National Intelligence Service director in charge of the eastern region confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was escorted to the Garissa Terror Police Unit for interrogation.

Ms Mboroki said the suspect’s identification material indicated his name as Mohammed Abdi Wahab, but this is yet to be confirmed.