2011–2014 terrorist attacks in Kenya

none October 2021 November 2020 From late 2011 to 2014, Kenya experienced an upsurge in violent terrorist attacks. Kenyan government officials asserted that many of the murders and blasts were carried out by al-Shabaab in retaliation for Operation Linda Nchi, a coordinated military mission between the Somali military and Kenyan military that began in October 2011, when troops from Kenya crossed the border into the conflict zones of southern Somalia. According to Kenyan security experts, the bulk of the attacks were increasingly carried out by radicalized Kenyan youth who were hired for the purpose. Kenya security officials also indicated that they were part of death squads, which carried out many of the killings under the orders of a government security council. By mid-2014, the cumulative attacks began affecting Kenya's tourism industry, as Western nations issued travel warnings to their citizens.Macharia James Bombings threaten Kenya growth goals, open new strains with wary West http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-security-tourism-idUKKBN0EC1D720140601 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203130033/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-security-tourism-idUKKBN0EC1D720140601 dead 3 February 2016 1 June 2014 Reuters 1 June 2014 Background Since the Operation Linda Nchi began, Al-Shabaab vowed retaliation against the Kenyan authorities. At the militant group's urging, a significant and increasing number of terrorist attacks in Kenya have since been carried out by local Kenyans, many of whom are recent converts to Islam.Kenya: A new breed of terrorist is born June 2016 medicmedic Estimates in 2014 placed the figure of Kenyan fighters at around 25% of Al-Shabaab's total forces.Funding jihad: Al-Shabab cash lures in young Kenyans https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30419987?print=true 18 January 2015 BBC 11 December 2014 Referred to as the "Kenyan Mujahideen" by Al-Shabaab's core members,Special Report: In Africa, a militant group's growing appeal https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shabaab-east-africa-idUSBRE84T0NI20120530 Reuters 30 May 2012 the converts are typically young and overzealous, poverty making them easier targets for the outfit's recruitment activities. Because the Kenyan insurgents have a different profile from the Somali and Arab militants that allows them to blend in with the general population of Kenya, they are also often harder to track. Reports suggest that Al-Shabaab is attempting to build an even more multi-ethnic generation of fighters in the larger region. One such recent convert who helped carry out the Kampala bombings but now cooperates with the Kenyan police believes that in doing so, the group is essentially trying to use local Kenyans to do its "dirty work" for it while its core members escape unscathed. According to diplomats, Muslim areas in coastal Kenya and Tanzania, such as Mombasa and Zanzibar, are also especially vulnerable for recruitment. In December 2014, Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit officers confessed to Al-Jazeera that they were responsible for almost 500 of the extrajudicial killings. The murders reportedly totaled several hundred homicides every year. They included the assassination of Abubaker Shariff Ahmed "Makaburi", an Al-Shabaab associate from Kenya, who was among 21 Muslim radicals allegedly murdered by the Kenyan police since 2012. According to the agents, they resorted to killing after the Kenyan police could not successfully prosecute terror suspects. In doing so, the officers indicated that they were acting on the direct orders of Kenya's National Security Council, which consisted of the Kenyan President, Deputy President, Chief of the Defence Forces, Inspector General of Police, National Security Intelligence Service Director, Cabinet Secretary of Interior, and Principal Secretary of Interior. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and the National Security Council of Kenya members denied operating an extrajudicial assassination program. Additionally, the officers suggested that Western security agencies provided intelligence for the program, including the whereabouts and activities of government targets. They asserted that Britain supplied further logistics in the form of equipment and training. One Kenyan officer within the council's General Service Unit also indicated that Israeli instructors taught them how to kill. The head of the International Bar Association, Mark Ellis, cautioned that any such involvement by foreign nations would constitute a breach of international law. The United Kingdom and Israel denied participation in the Kenyan National Security Council's reported death squads, with the UK Foreign Office indicating that it had approached the Kenyan authorities over the charges.Kenyan counter-terrorism police confess to extra judicial killings http://www.modernghana.com/news/585087/1/kenyan-counter-terrorism-police.html 18 January 2015 Al Jazeera Africa 7 December 2014 By May 2014, the United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia began issuing travel warnings to their citizens in Kenya. This had an immediate impact on Kenya's tourism industry, as European visitors left the country and hotel establishments were consequently forced to lay off staff. The U.S. also reduced its staff levels at its Nairobi embassy.US to cut Kenya embassy staff as threat of 'sophisticated' attacks grows https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/17/kenya-nairobi-bomb-us-embassy-security 14 June 2014 AFP The Guardian 17 May 2014 In June 2014, the U.K. likewise shut down its Honorary Consulate in Mombasa over security concerns.UK closes Mombasa Consulate over security fears http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/06/uk-closes-mombasa-consulate-over-security-fears/ 14 June 2014 Capital News 13 June 2014 Timeline 2011 The first attack by al-Shabaab was on a blue-collar bar known as Mwaura's in downtown Mfangano Street in NairobiTwo grenade blasts rattle Nairobi; 1 dead https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-24/kenya-grenade-attack/50898570/1 Associated Press 29 May 2012 USA Today 24 October 2011 on Monday, 24 October 2011, at around 1:15 am.Jason Strazius Tom Odula Associated Press 2 blasts in Nairobi amid fears of terrorist reprisal https://www.sfgate.com/world/article/2-blasts-in-nairobi-amid-fears-of-terrorist-2325504.php 2012 Hearst Communications Inc. 29 May 2012 25 October 2011 The hurled grenade left one person dead and wounded more than 20. Police said that the weapon used was a Russian-made F1 grenade.Two grenade blasts rattle Nairobi; 1 dead https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-24/kenya-grenade-attack/50898570/1 he Associated Press. 29 May 2012 24 October 2011 A second blast occurred later the same day, when a grenade was tossed out of a moving vehicle into the Machakos bus terminus.David Clarke A grenade attack at a bus station in central Nairobi killed five people and wounded 69, the Kenya Red Cross said on Sunday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-blast-idUSBRE82A03W20120311 Reuters 29 May 2012 11 March 2012 59 men and ten women were subsequently hospitalised, of which two were in intensive care and five people were confirmed dead. The attacks came only two days after the United States warned of "imminent" terror attacks. The US warning had implied that al-Shabaab would carry out reprisals in response to Kenyan troops' incursion into Somalia in mid-October.Deadly grenade blasts rattle Nairobi https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/deadly-grenade-blasts-rattle-nairobi-1.1056169 Associated Press 29 May 2012 24 October 2011 CBC News Elgiva Bwire Oliacha, a recent Kenyan Muslim convert, was arrested in connection with the two blasts and was sentenced to life in prison after having pleaded guilty to all charges.Tom Odula Kenya grenade suspect: I'm an al-Shabab member https://news.yahoo.com/kenya-grenade-suspect-im-al-shabab-member-132633695.html Associated Press 29 May 2012 26 October 2011https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15494034 Kenyans in first al-Shabab battle in Somalia BBC 28 October 2011 29 October 2011Kenyan Sentenced to Life in Prison for Grenade Attacks https://www.voanews.com/a/kenyan-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-grenade-attacks-132776978/147327.html 30 October 2011 VOA News 28 October 2011 Al-Shabaab was suspected of carrying out a few more attacks in October as well. In November 2011, Al-Shabaab attacked several other locations including the East African Pentecostal Church, a military convoy, and a Holiday Inn hotel. The militant group is suspected of carrying out nine attacks in Kenya in December 2011; some of the attacks resulted in injuries and casualties while some resulted in no injuries.Bosire Boniface 30 August 2012 Timeline: grenade and landmine attacks in Kenya http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/features/2012/08/30/feature-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140730042913/http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/features/2012/08/30/feature-01 2014-07-30 2012 January – June Militants were responsible for several attacks over the first few months of 2012. In January, there were three reported attacks, including the killing of the chairperson of the Community Peace and Security Team in Hagadera camp as well as several police officers. It was also reported that Kenyan police seized explosive equipment in an Ifo camp in the Dadaab complex, arresting nine suspects. In February, Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack that resulted in the death of a police officer and a civilian while injuring two other civilians. On 10 March 2012, six were killed and over sixty were injured after four grenades were thrown into a Machakos bus station in Nairobi.http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/features/2012/03/12/feature-01 Police arrest 4 suspects in connection with Nairobi bus station blast Julius Mokaya 12 March 2012 19 May 2014 Sabahi Online On Sunday, 29 April 2012, around 8:50am, an attack took place at God's House of Miracles Church at Ngara Estate in Nairobi. As reported by one of the dailies, an attacker, who goes by the name Amar, entered the church and left.Ndonga Simon Kenya: Church Grenade Attacker 'A Known Terrorist' http://allafrica.com/stories/201205070024.html 7 August 2012 AllAfrica 4 May 2012 He later came back and took a seat in the back, hurling the grenade at worshipers while they had been called by the pastor to the pulpit. The experts said that the grenade used had been made in China.CYRUS OMBATI Police link Al Shabaab to Ngara church attack http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000057613&story_title=Police%20link%20Al%20Shabaab%20to%20Ngara%20church%20attack Standard Group Limited 29 May 2012 29 May 2012 One person died and 11 people were admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17885476 BBC News. Nairobi church struck in grenade attack Bbc.co.uk 29 April 2012 On Tuesday, 15 May, three hand grenades were hurled at the Bella Vista nightclub in Mombasa, Kenya, killing one and leaving five others injured. The attacker also fired indiscriminately after he was denied entry into the Bella Vista club.GRENADE ATTACK KILLS ONE IN MOMBASA NIGHT CLUB http://www.the-star.co.ke/classicnews/75966-grenade-attack-kills-one-in-mombasa-night-club 31 May 2012 The Star 16 May 2012 11 September 2012 https://archive.today/20120911172215/http://www.the-star.co.ke/classicnews/75966-grenade-attack-kills-one-in-mombasa-night-club dead A woman died as a result of a gunshot to the chest the two guards were injured.Grenade attack leaves one dead in Mombasa http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/16/grenade-attack-leaves-one-dead-in-mombasa/ euronews 31 May 2012 16 May 2012 19 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120519030340/http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/16/grenade-attack-leaves-one-dead-in-mombasa dead A suspect who had sustained injuries in the attack was arrested in connection to the assault.B Kunto Wibisono Kenyan police arrest suspect in Mombasa grenade attack http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/82172/kenyan-police-arrest-suspect-in-mombasa-grenade-attack Antaranews.com 31 May 2012 17 May 2012 A bus ticket to Nairobi was recovered from the suspect and a magazine loaded with eight rounds of ammunition.Kenya: Man arrested over deadly attack on Mombasa club https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18081566 BBC News 31 May 2012 16 May 2012 Police arrested a suspect Mr. Thabit Jamaldin Yahya. He is still in remand.Willis Oketch Standard Media Grenade attack suspect charged with murder http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000062079&story_title=Grenade-attack-suspect-charged-with-murder On Monday, 28 May, a blast went off from inside the Sasa Boutique located within Assanand's House on Nairobi's Moi Avenue. 27 people were injured in the blast, and it was reported that four were in critical condition. Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said that the explosion was the result of either a grenade or a bomb.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000058933&story_title=Blast-rocks-Kenyan-Capital---Nairobi Blast rocks Kenyan Capital – Nairobi Standardmedia.co.ke 28 May 2012 Over the course of four other May attacks, one police officer was killed and numerous others were injured. On Sunday, 24 June at around 10 pm EAT, another grenade attack was reported at a Jericho Beer Garden in Mishomoroni, Kisauni Constituency in Mombasa, Kenya.http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/image/11245104/ Kenya Terror :: WRAL.com wral.com 2012 9 July 2012 23 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250123135722/https://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/image/11245104/ dead The bar was packed with patrons who had gathered to watch the UEFA European Championships 2012 football match between England and Italy. The grenade killed one person on the spot while two more died due to injuries while they were receiving treatment at the Coast general hospital. 30 more were injured, including a suspect who was alleged to be part of the attackers, a 9-year-old boy. http://standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000060541&story_title=Three-killed,-30-hospitalised-in-Mombasa-blast Standard Digital : Kenya : Three killed, 30 hospitalized in Mombasa blast David Ochami Philip Mwakio standardmedia.co.ke 25 June 2012 9 July 2012 This attack happened on the same day the Kenyan Navy had taken away two explosive devices that had been found floating in the Indian Ocean. The US government (through its embassy in Kenya) had issued a warning to its citizens to leave the coastal city of Mombasa due to a possible imminent attack. Athman Salim, a 23-year-old Kenyan day labourer from the Kilifi District was the main suspect of the attack. Although a Muslim, Athman denied any involvement with extremist groups or having ever journeyed to Somalia. He claimed that he had visited the pub to listen some local music, and indicated that he had never worked outside the city of Mombasa.http://standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000060610&story_title=Police-guarding-key-blast-suspect-in-hospital Police guarding key blast suspect in hospital Standard Group 25 June 2012 9 July 2012 Linah Benyawa David Ochamihttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+releases+Mishomoroni+terror+suspect/-/1056/1449192/-/ia9j16z/-/index.html Court releases Mishomoroni terror suspect Philip Muyanga nation.co.ke 2012 9 July 2012 He was released on 9 July after spending 10 days in Nyali police station. July – December On 1 July at around 10:15 am EAT, masked gunmen attacked two churches (the Central Catholic Cathedral and AIC churches) simultaneously in Garissa, located approximately 140 kilometres from the Somali border. The assailants killed seventeen people and left fifty injured.17 dead, 50 injured in twin Garissa church attacks http://www.nation.co.ke/News/17+dead+50+injured+in+twin+Garissa+church+attacks/-/1056/1441242/-/139fewwz/-/index.html 1 July 2012 NATION TEAM 1 July 2012 The churches are 3 kilometres apart http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/07/20127182456433169.html Kenya grenade attacks hit church services Al Jazeera 2012 1 July 2012 and the dead included two police officers, four men, nine women and two children. The North Eastern Police Provincial Officer (PPO) Philip Ndolo reported that the gunmen attacked the two policemen first and took their firearms before they proceeded to attack the churches. The attackers used pistols to shoot the policemen at point blank range and then snatched their G3 rifles which were later used to shoot at the AIC church worshipers indiscriminately. No shooting was reported at the Catholic's Central Cathedral but a hand grenade was set off,http://www.kenyaredcross.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=342&Itemid=124 17 Lives Lost in Grenade Attack Kenya Red Cross 2012 2 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120831122117/http://www.kenyaredcross.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=342&Itemid=124 31 August 2012 dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18662975 BBC News – Kenya church attacks 'kill 15' in Garissa BBC 1 July 2012 1 July 2012 resulting in less casualties than the AIC attack. The Supreme Muslim Council (SUPKEM) in Kenya warned of a misinterpretation of this attack as a religious war against the Christians. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Garissa+attacks+not+a+religious+war+say+Muslims/-/1056/1441458/-/t10a0g/-/index.html Garissa attacks not a religious war, say Muslims Daily Nation 2012 1 July 2012 A joint effort by the Kenya Police, Administration Police, National Security Intelligence Service and the paramilitary General Service Unit saw the arrest of 83 suspects in connection with the attack during a massive security swoop after the attack. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police+arrest+83+over+Garissa+church+attacks/-/1056/1445186/-/x45ft8/-/index.html Police arrest 83 over Garissa church attacks Rashid Abdi Daily Nation 2012 Kenya Police, Administration Police, National Security Intelligence Service and the paramilitary General Service Unit 5 July 2012 Four people were reported injured on 18 July when two hand grenades went off at a barbershop in Wajir. In addition, three police officers were injured on 25 July when their patrol hit a landmine. Police also arrested a man who was carrying two grenades at the Nakuru Agricultural Show shortly before President Mwai Kibaki arrived to deliver a speech. It was also reported that they arrested two men with four hand grenades in Kitale as they were boarding a Nairobi-bound bus; a third man escaped capture. On the evening of 3 August, one person was killed and six more were left injured at the Eastleigh neighbourhood near the Kenya Airforce headquarters in Nairobi. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/9450638/At-least-one-killed-in-Nairobi-explosion.html At least one killed in Nairobi explosion – Telegraph The Daily Telegraph 3 August 2012 London 0307-1235 49632006 Eastleigh neighbourhood. 7 August 2012 The attack came on the eve of a visit by Hillary Clinton, the United States secretary of state. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/08/201283163245671167.html Kenyan capital hit by grenade attack 3 August 2012 Al Jazeera 7 August 2012 The suicide bombing was inadvertently carried out by an innocent carrier of the detonated home-made device. The attackers have adopted a new way of executing their plans by giving unsuspecting citizens armed home-made explosives that they in turn detonate remotely at a safe distance. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police+warn+of+new+terror+tactics+/-/1056/1472924/-/g2326xz/-/index.html Police warn of new terror tactics Fred Mukinda 6 August 2012 Daily Nation 7 August 2012 The attackers have been using ordinary home equipment like the transistor radios and gas cylinders in their new methods. This attack on 3 August blew the upper torso of the carrier of the transistor radio which contained the explosive. On 28 August, three Kenyan policeman are killed and over a dozen wounded in a grenade attack during riots in the port city of Mombasa over the killing of Islamist cleric Aboud Rogo Mohammed. On 30 September, at around 10:30am, a 9-year-old boy was killed when a grenade was hurled towards Sunday school children at St Polycarp Anglican Church along Juja road in Nairobi.http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/96098-boy-killed-in-church-grenade-attack The Star. Boy, 9, killed in church grenade attack The-star.co.ke 30 September 2012 2 October 2012 21 February 2013 https://archive.today/20130221001105/http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/96098-boy-killed-in-church-grenade-attack dead On 21 September, four police officers and three civilians were injured during a series of two explosions. The first explosion targeted a GSU lorry and the secondary explosion went off when officers rushed to the scene.Cyrus Ombati Standard Media Four GSU officers injured in Garissa explosion http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000066634&story_title=four-gsu-officers-injured-in-garissa-explosion 2012-09-26 There were several attacks on Administration Police officers in September. On 30 September, two police officers were shot dead from behind while patrolling along Ngamia road in Garissa.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000067357&story_title=Two-APs-shot-dead-in-Garissa Cyrus Ombati. Standard Media Standardmedia.co.ke 1 October 2012 Additionally, on 15 September, two Administration Police officers were injured in an explosion when their vehicle hit a landmine."Two officers injured in Mandera explosion". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 Sept. On 27 October, CID officer Yussuf Yero was shot and killed in a Hagdera, Daadab mosque as he read the Koran.maalik_eng http://shabelle.net/cid-officer-shot-dead-in-mosque/ CID officer shot dead in Mosque Shabelle.net 27 October 2012 21 November 2012 https://archive.today/20130222055311/http://shabelle.net/cid-officer-shot-dead-in-mosque/ 22 February 2013 usurped On 20 November, Kenya Defence Forces were involved in an operation in Garissa, where KDF soldiers subsequently burned down the local market and shot at a crowd of protesters,Aynte Abdi How Shabaab is losing the battle, but maybe winning the war http://africanarguments.org/2012/11/21/how-shabaab-is-losing-the-battle-but-maybe-winning-the-war-%E2%80%93-by-abdi-aynte/ 21 November 2012 African Arguments 21 November 2012 18 January 2013 https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130118165833/http://africanarguments.org/2012/11/21/how-shabaab-is-losing-the-battle-but-maybe-winning-the-war-%e2%80%93-by-abdi-aynte/ dead killing a woman and injuring 10 people. Another 35 residents received treatment at the provincial hospital after being assaulted by the soldiers, including a chief and two pupils. A group of MPs led by Farah Maalim, accused Kenyan officers of fomenting violence, raping women and shooting at students, and threatened to take the matter to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), if the perpetrators are not brought to justice.Woman killed, 10 injured in Garissa swoop http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-96560/woman-killed-10-injured-garissa-swoop 21 November 2012 The Star 21 November 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121128023359/http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-96560/woman-killed-10-injured-garissa-swoop 28 November 2012Wafula Caroline MPs accuse State of using undue force http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs-accuse-State-of-using-undue-force/-/1064/1625062/-/uc0i5vz/-/index.html 21 November 2012 Daily Nation 20 November 2012 Maalim also suggested that the deployment of the soldiers was unconstitutional and had not received the requisite parliamentary approval, and that the ensuing rampage cost Garissa entrepreneurs over Sh1.5 billion to Sh2billion in missed revenue. Additionally, Sheikhs with the CPK threatened to sue the military commanders for crimes against humanity committed during the operation. CJPC Bishops also urged Kenyans to resist engaging in violence, and instead to report offences to the relevant authorities. Additionally, several police officers were killed and injured as attacks escalated. It was reported that on 11 November at least 38 police officers are killed by cattle rustlers in the northern part of the country.https://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/13/world/africa/kenya-ambush/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Police: 38 Kenyan officers killed in ambush involving cattle rustlers CNN 14 November 2012 On 1 November, a policeman was on shot dead and another seriously injured on by assailants in Garissa town. The officers were on patrol when they were ambushed by four men, one of whom was a teenager.http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-93703/teenager-gang-killed-garissa-policeman-patrol Teenager in gang that killed Garissa policeman on patrol The Star 1 November 2012 21 November 2012 5 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105002134/http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-93703/teenager-gang-killed-garissa-policeman-patrol dead On 4 November, a policeman has been killed and 10 people were injured in a grenade attack on a church in Kenya.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20196493 Kenya policeman killed, 11 injured in church attack BBC 4 November 2012 On Sunday, 18 November, ten people were killed and 25 seriously injured when an explosive went off on a mass transit mini-bus (matatu) in Eastleigh. The explosion is believed to be an improvised explosive device or bomb of some sort.http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/6-dead-in-Eastleigh-matatu-explosion/-/539546/1624650/-/14asbjk/-/index.html Another black Sunday after explosion inside city matatu claims seven lives businessdailyafrica.com 19 November 2012 Looting and destruction of Somali-owned homes and shops by angry mobs of young Kenyans ensues.Gogoneni Rupo Kenyans, Somalis clash in Nairobi http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20121121-somalis-kenyans-clash-nairobi 21 November 2012 Radio France Internationale 21 November 2012 Somalis defend their property, and interpret the bus explosion as a pretext for non-Somalis to steal from their community. Relative calm reportedly returns by mid-afternoon.Vincenot Aymeric Pitched battles between 'Kenyans' and Somalis in Nairobi http://www.namibian.com.na/news/africa/full-story/archive/2012/november/article/pitched-battles-between-kenyans-and-somalis-in-nairobi/ https://archive.today/20130221115819/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/africa/full-story/archive/2012/november/article/pitched-battles-between-kenyans-and-somalis-in-nairobi/ dead 21 February 2013 21 November 2012 Agence France-Presse 21 November 2012 On Wednesday, 5 December, around 7pm, an explosion went off in the Joska area of Eastleigh, Nairobi, killing one person and wounding six others.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000072236&story_title=Kenya--Eastleigh-blast-victim-dies Eastleigh blast victim dies Standardmedia.co.ke 6 December 2012 The explosion that occurred during rush hour traffic was caused by a roadside bomb, and was not far from the site of a blast a few weeks earlier.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20617516 Kenya blast in Somali area of Nairobi, Eastleigh BBC 6 December 2012 On Friday, 7 December, around 7:30pm, five people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion near a mosque in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi. The wounded included the area member of parliament Abdi Yusuf Hassan.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20645415 Nairobi's Somali area Eastleigh hit by fatal blast BBC 8 December 2012 A second attack was carried out at the same mosque on 16 December, seriously injuring one person.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000073065&story_title=Kenya-At-least-one-injured-in-Eastleigh-blast At least one injured in Eastleigh blast Standardmedia.co.ke 17 December 2012 On 19 December, two people were injured after two blasts went off outside Al Amin mosque in Eastleigh area of Nairobi. The blasts took place during rush hourhttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/12/20121219172758769966.html Two injured in Kenya explosions – Africa Al Jazeera Suspected Al-shabab militants shot three people dead and injured one person on Kenyatta Street in Garissa on 20 December at 7 pm. The dead included a banker and a civil servant.http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Panic-as-al-Shabaab-turn-Garissa-into-killing-field/-/1056/1649462/-/jhb21sz/-/index.html Panic as al-Shabaab turn Garissa into killing field – News Daily Nation 20 December 2012 On 27 December, at 11 pm a police officer was shot dead while his colleague escaped unharmed after being attacked by suspected Islamistshttp://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/12/gunmen-kill-kenyan-policeman-in-ambush-2/ Gunmen kill Kenyan policeman in ambush Capitalfm.co.ke 28 December 2012 in Mandera town. The assailants also stole a G3 rifle from the two constables.http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1652946/-/x8fhjbz/-/index.html Police officer killed in Mandera attack – News Daily Nation 3 July 2020 2013 On 4 January, at 7 pm, two people were killed and seven wounded in a grenade attack at Dagahale area in Garissa. The grenade was hurled from a saloon car at a tent where people were chewing khat.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000074276&story_title=Kenya-Two-killed-in-Garissa-grenade-attack Standard Digital News – Kenya : Two killed in Garissa grenade attack Standardmedia.co.ke 5 January 2013 A grenade was thrown into a police vehicle as it drove past a crowd along Ngamia road near the local District Officer's (DO) office on 7 January 2013. Four people including three police officers were seriously wounded in a grenade attack on a police car in Garissa town.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000074505&story_title=Kenya-Police-officers,-civilian-hurt-in-Garissa-attack Standard Digital News – Kenya : Police officers, civilian hurt in Garissa attack Standardmedia.co.ke 8 January 2013 On 8 January, one of the wounded, a 22-year-old man, succumbed to injuries. The number of wounded admitted in hospital was confirmed as eight people including four police officers.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000074554&story_title=Kenya-One-dies-in-Garissa-grenade-attack Standard Digital News – Kenya : One dies in Garissa grenade attack Standardmedia.co.ke 8 January 2013 On the evening of 9 January, two grenades were thrown into the World Food Programme (WFP) compound in Mandera Town. There were no injuries reported. The blast occurred as a group of worshipers was leaving a nearby mosque after their prayers.http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000074682&story_title=Kenya-Two-grenades-thrown-into-WFP-premises Standard Digital News – Kenya : Two grenades thrown into WFP premises Standardmedia.co.ke 10 January 2013 On 16 January, suspected Islamic militants shot dead five people and injured three others at a restaurant in the eastern city of Garissa. Authorities said they believed the gunmen belonged to the Al-Shabaab group, as the victims included a senior prison warden, fitting a pattern of attacks against security forces.Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/16/3185638/kenya-police-suspected-militants.html Kenya police: Suspected militants kill 5 people Miami Herald 15 January 2013 Two men believed to be suicide bombers of Somali origin died on the morning of 17 January 2013 after improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had gone off in Hagdera refugee camp in Dadaab.Terror suspects die after bombs explode on them http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/index.php?articleID=2000075252&story_title=Kenya-Terror-suspects-die-after-bombs-explode-on-them 17 January 2013 The Standard 17 January 2013 On 31 January, a blast injured three Kenyan policemen during the evening in the Dagahalley area of the northern town of Dadaab. The explosion had targeted a police vehicle.Policemen injured in Dadaab blast http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000076332&story_title=Kenya-Policemen-injured-in-Dadaab-blast 2 February 2013 The Standard 1 February 2013 Police had earlier in the evening recovered two hand grenades.KDF soldier killed in a blast http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000076477&story_title=Kenya---Suicide-bomber-killed-in-a-blast 2 February 2013 The Standard 2 February 2013 On 2 February, a KDF soldier was killed in a blast in Wajir after a terrorist who appeared to know him hurled a grenade at the man and his girlfriend.Gunmen shoot dead police officer http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000076619&story_title=Kenya-Kenya:%20Gunmen%20shoot%20dead%20police%20officer 5 February 2013 5 February 2013 The officer was among several people on a break from the coordinated Linda Nchi operation in southern Somalia between the Somali military and Kenyan forces against the Al-Shabaab insurgents. Two other policemen were wounded in the explosion, while the woman had injuries to her legs. On 5 February, an administration police sergeant was assassinated in Garissa. He had just arrived in the town from his habitual station in Dadaab when one of several gunmen shot him in the head. The assailants escaped the scene by foot, with police making no arrests. On the evening of 18 April, four armed men walked into the Kwa Chege Hotel in Garissa and started shooting. At least six people were shot dead and ten others seriously wounded.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2013-04/19/c_132321036.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140327210636/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2013-04/19/c_132321036.htm dead 27 March 2014 At least six killed, 10 injured in gun attack in northern Kenya: official – Xinhua | English.news.cn News.xinhuanet.com 19 April 2013 On 9 June, nearly simultaneous evening attacks in Eastleigh (Nairobi) and Likoni (Mombasa) left at least 15 people injured.Sunday grenade attacks in Mombasa, Nairobi leave 15 injured http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085594&story_title=grenade-attacks-in-mombasa-nairobi-leave-nine-injured 10 June 2013 16 December 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack On 21 September 2013, armed gunmen attacked the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, killing at least 69 people and injuring more than 175. The President Uhuru Kenyatta reportedly lost "very close family members" in the attack. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the mall.Kenya mall attacked by gunmen; 67 reported dead http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9256715 WABC TV 21 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130924004038/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Fnational_world&id=9256715 24 September 2013 dead The attack was thought to be orchestrated by extremists against non-Muslim Kenyans and Westerners in the area.Americans among injured in deadly Kenya mall attack https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/21/witness-kenya-mall-attackers-target-non-muslims/2846319/ USA Today 21 September 2013 Laura Petrecca 21 September 2013http://mobile.nation.co.ke/News/THE-WESTGATE-TERROR-ATTACK/-/1950946/2002524/-/format/xhtml/-/4mv5qo/-/index.html Live Updates: Westgate Mall Death Toll at 69, at Least 10 Attackers Involved 3 December 2014 22 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150122172730/http://mobile.nation.co.ke/News/THE-WESTGATE-TERROR-ATTACK/-/1950946/2002524/-/format/xhtml/-/4mv5qo/-/index.html dead On 13 December 2013, double blasts in the northeastern town of Wajir killed one individual and wounded at least three other people.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/12/deadly-blast-shreds-bus-kenyan-capital-20131214145430705187.html Deadly blast 'shreds' bus in Kenyan capital 14 December 2013 16 December 2013 Eastleigh bus attack On 14 December 2013 at about 6 pm, a hand grenade was thrown onto a 32-seat matatu minibus driving near Pangani Girls School in Eastleigh, a Somali-dominated suburb in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.Maina Samwel Mukinda Fred December 14, 2013 Four killed in matatu blast https://nation.africa/kenya/news/Four-killed-in-matatu-blast/1056-2112298-jbslk1z/index.html 2025-08-11 The Daily Nation14 December 2013 Nairobi bus hit by deadly grenade attack https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25383506 2025-08-11 BBC NewsWaweru Kiundu March 16, 2014 Kenya needs to come up with strategies as she prepares for terror, while praying for peace https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/sunday-magazine/article/2000106966/praying-for-peace-preparing-for-terror 2025-08-11 The Standard No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed six people and wounded 36 others, who were brought to three hospitals.Malalo Humphrey December 15, 2013 Death toll in Kenya bus attack rises to six https://www.reuters.com/article/world/death-toll-in-kenya-bus-attack-rises-to-six-idUSBRE9BE03N/ 2025-08-11 Reuters14 Dec 2013 Deadly blast 'shreds' bus in Kenyan capital http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/12/deadly-blast-shreds-bus-kenyan-capital-20131214145430705187.html 16 Dec 2013 al Jazeera An attacker was among the dead.December 14, 2013 5 killed in Nairobi grenade attack https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/14/world/africa/kenya-violence 2025-08-11 CNN The bus was destroyed and several nearby cars were damaged.December 14, 2013 Suspected grenade attack on Kenyan bus kills four-police https://www.reuters.com/article/world/suspected-grenade-attack-on-kenyan-bus-kills-four-police-idUSJOE9BD01H/ 2025-08-11 Reuters Interior minister Mutea Iringo condemned the attack on Twitter, and said it would not be tolerated, seeking information from the public. It was the fourth such attack to occur during the 50th anniversary week of Kenya's independence, with no group claiming responsibility for the assaults. It came three months after the Westgate shopping mall attack, which left 67 dead, not including the gunmen. The attack was also similar to those perpetrated by al Shabaab. Police shut down the street and implicated the group or a matatu rivalry.December 14, 2013 Explosion rips through Eastleigh matatu https://nairobinews.nation.africa/breakingexplosion-reported-at-pangani/ 2025-08-20 A foreigner was arrested in connection with the attack near the scene and was being questioned. The attack prompted the Kenyan National Transport and Safety Authority to begin a program to train bus drivers in counter-terrorism practices. 2014 On 14 March 2014, in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, two terrorists were arrested while driving a car carrying two improvised bombs.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26624387 BBC News 14 March 2014 Kenya arrests two after bombs found in car On 19 March 2014, Kenyan police unintentionally parked a car outside their office that was carrying a massive cache of terrorist explosives, including 130 pounds of plastic.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/10709065/Kenyan-police-park-massive-car-bomb-outside-their-offices-after-missing-explosives-in-vehicle.html The Telegraph 19 March 2014 Kenyan police park massive car bomb outside their offices after missing explosives in vehicle On 31 March 2014, a pair of explosions killed six people in Eastleigh. Occurring along 11th street around 7:30pm, one of the blasts took place near a food kiosk; the other near a bus stop.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26827636 Six killed in Nairobi explosions in Kenya 31 March 2014 31 March 2014http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Blast-kills-six-in-Eastleigh/-/1056/2264544/-/13h3miiz/-/index.html Explosion kills six in Eastleigh 31 March 2014 31 March 2014 On 1 April 2014, in the Eastleigh district of Nairobi, six people were killed and dozens more injured when terrorists exploded bombs at two separate locations about three hundred meters apart.http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/6-killed-in-twin-terror-blasts-in-eastleigh/ Nairobi News 1 April 2014 4 May 2014 6 KILLED IN TWIN TERROR BLASTS IN EASTLEIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20140505123050/http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/6-killed-in-twin-terror-blasts-in-eastleigh/ 5 May 2014 dead On 9 April 2014, it was reported that twelve shops in the Nairobi city center were being investigated for funneling money to terrorists.http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/12-shops-in-city-centre-funding-terrorists/ Nairobi News 9 April 2014 4 May 2014 12 SHOPS IN CITY CENTRE FUNDING TERRORISTS https://web.archive.org/web/20140505105513/http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/12-shops-in-city-centre-funding-terrorists/ 5 May 2014 dead On 23 April 2014, a car exploded at the Pangani police station in Nairobi, killing the four occupants: the driver, a passenger, and two police officers who had boarded the vehicle to guide it to the police station.http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Pangani-Police-Station-Explosion/-/1056/2291170/-/12l2ygvz/-/index.html Car explodes, killing four in city 24 April 2014 24 April 2014 A second vehicle with explosives was subsequently found abandoned just blocks away.http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Vehicle-with-explosives-abandoned-in-Pangani/-/1056/2291524/-/wvj3faz/-/index.html Vehicle with suspected explosives abandoned in Pangani 24 April 2014 24 April 2014 On 3 May 2014, twin terrorist attacks in the port city of Mombasa killed three people.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/10806810/Kenya-blasts-three-dead-after-twin-attacks-in-Mombasa.html The Telegraph 3 May 2014 Kenya blasts: three dead after twin attacks in Mombasa On 4 May 2014, on the Thika Highway in Nairobi, terrorists exploded homemade bombs on two commuter buses, nearly simultaneously and about a kilometer apart. According to the report, at least three people were killed and at least sixty-two others injured.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27277811 Kenya buses hit by deadly twin blasts in Nairobi BBC 4 May 2014 4 May 2014 The 45-seater buses were "packed with commuters",http://www.enca.com/africa/least-27-wounded-twin-nairobi-bus-blasts-police At least 27 wounded in twin Nairobi yea bus blasts: police eNCA 4 May 2014 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505125500/http://www.enca.com/africa/least-27-wounded-twin-nairobi-bus-blasts-police dead https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/04/kenya-bus-bombing-nairobi-thika-highway Bus bombing in Nairobi leaves at least three dead The Guardian 4 May 2014 5 May 2014 two bombs exploded on different buses around 1 km apart.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27277811 Kenya buses hit by deadly twin blasts in Nairobi BBC 4 May 2014 4 May 2014 The explosions occurred outside Safari Park hotel, and in an underpass next To TRM Mall. According to Kenya's National Disaster Operations Centre, twenty of the injured people were in a critical condition after the blast. Photos showed that one bus had a large hole in the side, and the other had its doors and windows blown off. The majority of casualties were women and children.http://www.dw.de/explosions-wrack-buses-in-nairobi/a-17611954 Explosions wrack buses in Nairobi Deutsche Welle 4 May 2014 5 May 2014 Kenyan Vice President William Ruto stated that "security agencies are in pursuit of the perpetrators of this heinous and cowardly act",http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/408185/two-killed-dozens-wounded-in-twin-nairobi-bus-bombings Two killed, dozens wounded in twin Nairobi bus bombings Bangkok Post 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 while Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that "the terrorists will be treated as the vicious criminals they are".https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/05/04/three_dead_in_nairobi_bus_bombings.html Three dead in Nairobi bus bombings thestar.com 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 On 16 May 2014, at Gikomba Market in Nairobi, twin explosions claimed the lives of more than ten people.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27443474 Kenya's Nairobi hit by twin blasts in Gikomba Market BBC 16 May 2014 16 May 2014 On 23 May 2014, a grenade was thrown at a police vehicle carrying two suspects in the City of Mombasa. Two people were injured. On 16 June 2014, at least 48 people were killed when suspected Shebab militants from Somalia stormed into a Kenyan coastal town and launched a major assault on a police station, hotels and government offices, officials said. Around 50 heavily armed gunmen drove into the town of Mpeketoni, near the coastal island and popular tourist resort of Lamu, late on Sunday. Witnesses said they first attacked a police station, before starting to randomly shoot at civilians, some of whom had been watching the World Cup in local bars and hotels. In late 2014, two attacks believed to have been carried out by Al Shabaab killed 64 persons in Mandera County. On 22 November 2014, gunmen attacked a bus traveling from Mandera to Nairobi, killing 28 persons, mostly teachers and government workers heading to Nairobi for the December holidays.At least 28 killed in Shabaab attack on Nairobi-bound bus in Mandera http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/28-dead-suspected-Al-Shabaab-attack-in-Mandera/-/1107872/2531256/-/ljsywl/-/index.html 22 November 2014 24 December 2014 nation Media Group On 2 December 2014, Al-Shabaab militants attacked and killed a further 36 quarry workers, many of whom were non-Muslims, near Mandera Town.Kenya bus attack: Al-Shabaab militants slaughter 28 non-Muslims who failed to recite Koran https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenya-bus-attack-gunmen-kill-36-at-mandera-quarry-9896973.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenya-bus-attack-gunmen-kill-36-at-mandera-quarry-9896973.html 1 May 2022 subscription 2 December 2014 24 December 2014 The Independent Prosecution and arrests Elgiva Bwire Oliacha, a recent Kenyan Muslim convert, was arrested in connection with the two October 2011 blasts and was sentenced to life in prison after having pleaded guilty to all charges. Going by the adopted name Mohamed Seif, Oliacha reportedly smiled at cameras, stated that he harboured no regrets, and indicated that he would not appeal his sentence. On 20 September 2012, Abdimajid Yasin Mohamed, alias Hussein, was sentenced to 59 years in prison. He was charged alongside Abdi Adan alias Salman Abdi, who denies the allegations and whose case is still pending. Yasin was ordered to undergo psychiatric examination after he pleaded guilty upon arrest on 14 Sep, doctors found him fit to stand trial. The two suspects arrested in Eastleigh with bombs, grenades and a cache of weapons that included six suicide bombs, 12 grenades, four AK 47 rifles and 480 bullets recovered from them as police thwarted a major terror plot in Nairobi.Lucianne Limo Standard Media Al Shabaab member gets 59-year jail sentence http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000066561&story_title=Al-Shabaab-member-jailed-for-59-years Police arrested a suspect, Thabit Jamaldin Yahya, in connection with an attack at Mombasa Bella Vista bar in May 2012. He is still in remand. On 29 September 2012, police arrested over 60 people with possession of bomb making materials. The arrested were on board a bus from Garissa to Nairobi when police discovered the materials. They all disowned the luggage with material.http://www.nation.co.ke/News/60+bus+passengers+held+over+explosives/-/1056/1521238/-/5whicq/-/index.html Fred Mukinda. Daily Nation. 60 bus passengers held over explosives Nation.co.ke 29 September 2012 See also 1998 United States embassy bombings 2002 Mombasa attacks Garissa University College attack Aboud Rogo Crime in Kenya Terrorism in Kenya Operation Linda Nchi References 30em External links Visual timeline of terrorist attacks in Kenya since independence Category:2011 crimes in Kenya Category:2012 crimes in Kenya Category:2013 crimes in Kenya Category:2014 crimes in Kenya Category:Terrorist incidents in Kenya in 2011 Category:Terrorist incidents in Kenya in 2012 Category:Terrorist incidents in Kenya in 2013 Category:Terrorist incidents in Kenya in 2014 Category:Al-Shabaab (militant group) attacks in Kenya Category:Attacks on tourists in Africa Category:Islamic terrorism in Kenya Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in the 2010s Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2011 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2012 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2013 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2014 Category:Kenya–Somalia relations Category:Grenade attacks in Africa Category:2011 explosions Category:2012 explosions Category:2013 explosions Category:2014 explosions Category:Anti-Kenyan sentiment