Three men have been arrested at a
shopping centre in Kenya's capital with a
suspected explosive device, which has
since been detonated in a controlled
explosion, police say.
The Garden City Mall, one of the biggest
shopping centres in the city, has also
been evacuated.
One of the men refused to be searched
by security guards and was overpowered
in a scuffle, a witness said.
Police spokesman George Kinoti said
that the three men in custody were
that the three men in custody were
all Kenyans and the explosives were
discovered in one of their bags.
"The situation is under control by our
security agencies and the
security agencies and the
entire country is under multi-agency
surveillance," he said.
A statement from Garden City Mall quoted
the governor of Nairobi Evans Kidero as
saying it would reopen on Wednesday
morning.
Mr Kidero also thanked the local police
and mall employees for their "swift
handling and containment of the
situation."
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