By Joylene Sing'oei
Nairobi, Kenya: Police have arrested 657 suspects in Eastleigh, Nairobi after Monday evening multiple explosions that killed six.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku said the operation will continue until all suspects and perpetrators of the terror attack are brought to book.
Lenku also condemned the act and asked Kenyans to cooperate with security personnel and volunteer information that will assist the operation.
‘’This act of cowardice perpetrated against innocent and peace loving Kenyans who were going about their normal activities is barbaric and immediate action has been taken by our security agencies and so far 657 suspects have been apprehended in Eastleigh’’, Lenku said in a statement sent to newsrooms Tuesday.
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31 other people were injured in the attack. Nine, who sustained multiple soft tissue injuries and fractures, are still admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital while the rest were treated and discharged last evening.
Monday’s attack occurred just a day after a suspected terrorist died when an Improvised Explosive Device he was assembling at a residential house in Eastleigh exploded.
Two accomplices are reported to have escaped immediately after the incident.
