2 Die in Grenade Attack at Kenya Church

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 6, 2011 at 11:42 AM ET

WAJIR, Kenya (AP) — Two people were killed in a suspected al-Shabab attack at a church in an eastern Kenyan town, a police official said Sunday.

Kenyan police chief Leo Nyongesa said that a woman and her two grandchildren were also injured when attackers hurled a grenade at the Pentecostal Church in Garissa late Saturday.

Ibrahim Makunyi, the head pastor at the church, said the house near the entrance of the church that belonged to a church elder had been bombed.

"One of the dead is a member of the choir, and the other is the son of the church elder," he said.

Witness Mary Nginya said that after the explosion she heard attackers say "It is just the beginning," in Swahili. Read the rest on: The New York Times

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