Kenya grenade attack kills 1, injures 33

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Two separate grenade attacks hit the Kenyan coast Saturday night, killing one person and wounding at least 33 others, officials said.

One grenade in the southeastern town of Mtwapa killed one person and injured 31 others, said Nelly Mulluka, a spokeswoman for the Kenya Red Cross.

A second grenade hurled into a stadium in the coastal city of Mombasa injured two others, she said.

The attacks occurred in communities along the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Nairobi capital.

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