ALSO READ: Al Shabaab attacks military base near Somalia's KismayuMr Deko was said to have taken the explosive device to the pharmacist's shop at around 6pm on Saturday. It would have been catastrophic if the grenade had exploded in a crowded area," observed Garba-Tula Deputy County Commissioner Kipchumba Rutto. "The grenade exploded in the hands of the chemist owner, Mahat Abdi Daware, aged 32, as he was examining it. Rutto said the injured, who hail from Banane in Garissa's Lagdera constituency, were taken to Garissa County Referral Hospital. Rutto said the Shifta (bandits) War of the mid-1960s could be to blame for the presence of grenades in the area.

Source: Standard Digital September 04, 2017 08:26 UTC