Nairobi Latema Road blast

2019 Nairobi Latema road blast Wambui Anastacia
LocationLatema road, Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinates-1.283255, 36.824728
Date26 January 2019
WeaponImprovised explosive device
Injured2
PerpetratorsAl-Shabaab (suspected)

The Latema road blast was a minor terror incident that occurred on 26 January 2019 on Latema road in Nairobi's Central Business District.[1] The attack occurred after luggage containing an improvised explosive device detonated while it was being carried on a mkokoteni cart, injuring two people.[2]

  1. ^ Reporter, Standard. "Latema explosion victim recounts what happened". The Standard. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. ^ "Two injured as suspected IED explodes in Nairobi's CBD". The Star, Kenya. Retrieved 2019-01-27.