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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 May 2014

    Two explosions have struck Gikomba area of Kenyan capital Nairobi, injuring scores of people, local reports sayhttp://bbc.in/1sVrnc4 

    4:56 AM - 16 May 2014
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      2. tres‏ @tres_phd 16 May 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: 2 explosions have struck Gikomba area of Nairobi, injuring scores of people, local reports say http://bbc.in/1sVrnc4 ” #Kenya

        1 reply 4 retweets 1 like
      3. tres‏ @tres_phd 16 May 2014
        Replying to @tres_phd

        I guess ethnic profiling, banning tinted windows and complaining about foreign travel advisories isn't a sound security strategy after all.

        4 replies 47 retweets 10 likes
      4. tres‏ @tres_phd 16 May 2014
        Replying to @tres_phd

        Explosions are the new normal in Nairobi, followed by Kenyan officials expressing "outrage" then implementing ineffective security policies.

        3 replies 78 retweets 11 likes
      5. tres‏ @tres_phd 16 May 2014
        Replying to @tres_phd

        #GikombaBlasts in pictures http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000121379&story_title=Kenya:%20gikomba-explosion-in-pictures … #UsalamaWatch #Nairobi #Kenyapic.twitter.com/zykEJwipfe

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      1. Chisaramokwu‏ @realblessedlady 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking religion of peace and tranquility?

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      1. Rob Goodwin‏ @RobGoodwin3 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Evacuating tourists was the right thing to do then.

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      1. Mr Obi.....‏ @obiBona 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld no wonder Britain cautioned tourist against visiting Kenya. Clearly their intels saw it coming...

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      1. Hannah Cory‏ @hcory91 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking so glad we are now home!!

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      1. tim‏ @weekapaug401 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking I guess the intelligence world got one right

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      1. Uren makut‏ @BukamsU 17 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking what is it with all these explosions. God of heaven pls have mercy on us.

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      1. Dave Gardiner‏ @davegardiner82 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking that will make the people evacuated stop moaning about missing there holiday.

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      1. Kelly Andrei Gitahi‏ @kellyGitahi 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking The explosion was caused by an IED.

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      1. Lying Baby Trump.‏ @Abu71london 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld You can comment all you want because you don't know what is the cause of all this.

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      1. Lying Baby Trump.‏ @Abu71london 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld yes this is what happens if you mess around Somalian People.

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      1. Rhumba Boy‏ @Gilbertanari 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking God forbid

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      1. Blue‏ @Bluemeanie72 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking saw some moron on BBC news earlier moaning about the evac being an over-reaction....bet he feels a bellend now

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      1. ~ ام_محمد ✨ ✨ ✨‏ @_Upright 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking People Be Commenting & Concluding The People Behind This Attack Are Muslims Should Really Go N Commit Suicide Smh

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      1. gborgblorbu hetty‏ @hetty_gh 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking appalling...such ignominy can't we live in peace in Africa...lives @ stake

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      1. anitraM snavE‏ @teenaME 16 May 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Fanatism is the root of all Suffering on Earth...Intelligence??? Crown of Creation...mmmmh

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