(20 Dec 2010) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of emergency workers outside the yellow police line in front of bus
2. Mid of investigators working near bus
3. Close up of investigators working near bus
4. Mid of policemen at the site
5. Mid of front of bus reading: “Kampala Coach”
6. Close of bus
7. Mid of media around an official
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mathew K. Iteere, Kenyan police commissioner
“So far I can confirm we have got only one dead and around 26 people have been injured. Most of them slight injuries but we have got four people who are seriously injured in addition to the person who is responsible.”
9. Mid of officials talking to policemen
10. Close up of officials talking to policemen
11. Mid of investigators at the site
12. Mid of bags and blood on the ground
13. Close of shattered glass on drivers window
14. Wide of the back of the bus
15. Mid of investigators at the site
STORYLINE
A bomb exploded at a downtown bus station in Kenya’s capital late on Monday as passengers boarded a bus, killing at least one person and wounding up to 39 others, police said.
Suspicions centered on a Somali militant group.
It was not immediately clear if it was a suicide attack, police commissioner Mathew K. Iteere said.
Most of the wounded were Ugandans travelling home for Christmas, Red Cross official Nelly Muluka said.
Al-Shabab, Somalia’s most dangerous militant group, has threatened to carry out more attacks on Uganda and Burundi, the two nations that contribute troops to the 8,000-strong African Union force in Mogadishu.
Twin bombings in July in Uganda claimed by al-Shabab killed 76.
A security official in Nairobi said Uganda and Burundi have been on high alert since early November that they would be targeted by al-Shabab.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted by his organisation to be identified.
Muluka put the toll of people wounded at 39.
Iteere said one person was killed and 26 wounded.
“So far I can confirm we have got only one dead and around 26 people have been injured. Most of them slight injuries but we have got four people who are seriously injured in addition to the person who is responsible,” he said.
The explosion took place just as people were boarding a bus line called the Kampala Coach, a line that serves major cities in East Africa, including the capital of Uganda, Kampala.
Windows in the front of the bus were shattered but the bus did not sustain major structural damage.
Iteere said the explosion happened just as the person carrying the luggage was about to be screened.
It is common in Kenya to screen passengers for weapons that could be used to carry out potential hijackings in rural areas.
Vincent Sekatte, a police spokesman in Uganda, said that threats against his country “have been on for some time.”
“The terrorists have always threatened to hit during Christmas season. Tomorrow we are issuing a serious warning to the public about the threats,” Sekatte said.
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