At least 20 injured in explosion in Kenyan capital

A petrol station in downtown Nairobi was burning today after an explosion was heard in the area, Kenyan media reported.

A petrol station in downtown Nairobi was burning on Sunday after an explosion was heard in the area, Kenyan media reported.

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More than 20 people were injured in the blast and taken to a local hospital, a Reuters photographer said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

The east African nation has suffered bombings in the past, the most recent being a bomb on a Kampala-bound bus, that killed two people in December.