{"id":45465,"date":"2013-12-12T13:37:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T11:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=45465"},"modified":"2013-12-12T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T11:37:22","slug":"hand-grenade-thrown-at-british-tourists-in-kenya-mombasa-uk-breaking-news-45465","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/hand-grenade-thrown-at-british-tourists-in-kenya-mombasa-uk-breaking-news-45465\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Grenade Thrown At British Tourists in Kenya Mombasa \/ UK Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45478\" title=\"British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya\" alt=\"British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya-280x185.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/British-Tourists-Attack-Grenade-Kenya-542x360.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Attackers hurled a grenade at British tourists in Mombasa, Kenya, but it failed to explode, according to the AFP news agency.<\/h1>\n<p>Robert Kitur, police chief for the port city, said: &#8220;The grenade was detonated safely by experts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are investigating the incident and looking for the man who threw the grenade at the tourists and fled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The tourists, who were in a vehicle in the Likoni district of Mombasa, were travelling from the popular Indian Ocean resort of Diani on the way to a wildlife safari at the Masai Mara national park.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism is a key source of foreign currency for Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The British High Commission in Kenya said it had &#8220;heard the reports and was investigating&#8221;, but gave no further details.<\/p>\n<p>Since Kenya invaded southern Somalia in October 2011 to try to oust al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab\u00a0insurgents, it has seen a wave of grenade attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The explosives have been thrown into restaurants in Mombasa and crowded areas in the capital Nairobi, as well as a string of attacks in the remote northeast region bordering Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the assault on Nairobi&#8217;s Westgate mall in September, in which at least 67 people died during a four-day siege.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2011 gunmen killed British man David Tebbutt and kidnapped his wife Judith. 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