On Sunday in Nairobi, explosions tore into two buses, killing at least three people and injuring more than 80.
NAIROBI — A pair of deadly bombs exploded Sunday on two packed buses here Sunday, killing three people and injuring 86.
While bus blasts aren't rare in Nairobi, Sunday's explosions come at a time of heightened tension about terrorism and ethnicity.
Kenya has been rooting out illegal immigrants, especially in Nairobi's big Somali neighborhoods, because it considers them a terrorism threat. Somalis have been rounded up in house-to-house raids to have their residency papers checked, and some have been reportedly held for as many as eight days in a local soccer stadium. Many Somalis and Kenyans of Somali heritage have complained of feeling profiled since the terrorism crackdown began a month ago.
Monday, it's pretty hard to board a bus in Nairobi if you look Somali.
Twitter users report seeing Somalis kicked off buses, or buses emptying when Somalis get on. (For my fellow Americans, alights means "gets out.")