Kenya grenade attacks hit church services                At least 17 people reported killed and 40 injured in Garissa, a military staging point for missions into Somalia. At least 17 people have been killed in attacks on two churches in Kenya’s eastern town of Garissa, according to the country’s Red Cross. Sunday’s attack in the normally quiet Garissa is the latest in a series that has rocked Kenya since it deployed troops into southern Somalia last October to hunt down al-Shabab fighters [...]

Gunmen open fire in church in Kenya; 15 killed, 40 wounded Nairobi, Kenya: Gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the congregation from inside and out on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 40, security officials said. Two gunmen entered the simple wooden church in the city of Garissa at around 10:15 a.m. Sunday, while two others waited outside, police commander Philip Ndolo said. When the congregation fled the attack inside, they [...]