A car bomb exploded in Nairobi today killing for people. The explosion took place when the Police where taking the occupants of the car into their station for questioning. Two of those killed were Police officers
The attack is suspected to be carried out by militia group Al-Shabab who are against Kenya's military involvement in the Somali. According to BBC;
Kenya has been on alert for attacks since last September's assault by al-Shabab gunmen on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi left 67 people dead.
Pangani district is near the Eastleigh suburb, where many people of Somali origin live.
The blast comes three weeks after police arrested more than 600 people in Eastleigh following explosions that killed six.
Most were later released without charge.
In March, police in the port city of Mombasa arrested two people driving a car with two improvised bombs hidden inside it.
Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight al-Shabab and the al-Qaeda-affiliated group vowed to retaliate by launching attacks in Kenya.
President Uhuru Kenyatta met ethnic Somali leaders in March to ask for help in identifying people they thought may be behind recent attacks in the capital.
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