Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Nairobi, Nairobi area, Kenya on Wed 9th November 2022

9th November 2022

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There was a scare at the official Nairobi residence of a senior British High Commission official when security stumbled on an “abandoned bomb”.This was after the security at the residence of the First Secretary at the High Commission raised alarm saying they had spotted an object they believed to be a bomb at the entrance in Kilimani on Tuesday, November 8.Police rushed to the scene whereby they established a cylindrical object with writings on it. The object had the word “bomb” in it. Experts from the bomb disposal unit at the DCI headquarters arrived at the scene and secured the object for safe destruction.

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