Jason Straziuso
Bloomberg Businessweek
May 16, 2014

Two bombs killed 10 people and wounded 70 others Friday, tossing bodies into the air at a market in Kenya’s capital, while hundreds of British tourists were evacuated from the coastal resort of Mombasa after warnings of an impending attack by Islamic extremists.

The skyline of Nairobi, Kenya.  Credit: Hansueli Krapf / Wiki
The skyline of Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Hansueli Krapf / Wiki

The U.S. ambassador has requested additional security and is reducing the number of people stationed at the embassy in Nairobi amid an increase in threats.

No group claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off minutes apart in the Gikomba market near downtown Nairobi.

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