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Targets have ranged from police vehicles to bars\/FILE<\/p><\/div>NAIROBI, Mar 31 – At least 12 people were wounded in two explosions in Kenya’s Coast province Saturday, one at a restaurant in Mombasa town and a second in the nearby town of Mtwapa, police said.<\/p>\n

In Mtwapa “what appears to be a grenade was thrown at a crowd, and many people were injured,” Coast police chief Aggrey Adoli said, putting the injured toll at at least 12.<\/p>\n

He said that a second grenade was “hurled at a restaurant in Mombasa town” without causing any injuries.<\/p>\n

Adoli said the first blast in Mtwapa occurred after 8:00 pm (1700 GMT) and the second within minutes of it.<\/p>\n

Since Kenya sent tanks and troops into Somalia late last year, two grenades have been thrown in Nairobi and a series of small-scale blasts have taken place in eastern towns close to the Somali border.<\/p>\n

Targets have ranged from police vehicles to bars.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s blasts were the first such explosions reported in the coastal areas, which are among Kenya’s great tourist magnets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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