Grenade Attack on Church in Kenya Kills One
By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – A grenade explosion yesterday killed a 27-year-old university student at a church in Nairobi and injured 16 people, sources said. Kelvin Walumba was killed after a man pretending to be a worshipper at God’s House of Miracles International Church in the Ngara area of Nairobi threw three grenades as the service was concluding; only one of the grenades exploded. A security guard said the assailant, who after running … Read entire article »
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Exploding Grenade at Christian Meeting in Kenya Kills Boy, Woman
Al Shabaab Islamic extremists suspected of throwing grenade into open-air evangelistic event. By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – An 8-year-old boy died today from injuries after suspected Islamic extremists on Saturday (March 31) threw a grenade into a Christian revival meeting near Kenya’s coastal town of Mombasa that instantly killed a woman and injured at least 30 people. Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia … Read entire article »
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Somali Muslims in Kenya Attack Another Christian
By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Young Muslim men of Somali descent beat a 23-year-old Somali Christian unconscious last week in Kenya, less than six weeks after a related gang attacked his older brother. Ibrahim, 23, whose surname is withheld for security reasons, was beaten by seven Somalis born in Kenya who stopped him near his home in an undisclosed town at about 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, he told Compass. His family was … Read entire article »
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Attack on Church Compound in Kenya Kills Two, Wounds Three
By Simba Tian GARISSA, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Suspected Islamic extremists with Somalia’s al Shabaab militia threw a grenade into the home of the church guard of an East Africa Pentecostal Church (EAPC) congregation outside Garissa, Kenya on Saturday night (Nov. 5), killing an 8-year-old girl and another member of the church, sources said. Three other people were seriously injured in the 8 p.m. grenade attack on the house, which is near the gate of the … Read entire article »
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Somali Muslims Cut, Beat Christian Unconscious in Kenya
By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – A Somali Christian in Kenya is nursing injuries after young Muslim men from his country beat him with iron rods and wooden clubs last week, leaving him unconscious at a church entryway. Hassan, a 25-year-old refugee from Somalia whose surname is withheld for security reasons, had hardly been raised as a Muslim, having received Christ at age 7. But the Somali neighbors in Kenya who attacked him left … Read entire article »
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