Six killed in blast in Kenyan capital - emergency services
In the past, such attacks in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi - which is popular with Somalis - have been blamed on Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group
Residents jostle to see the slain body of a man inside a police pick-up truck near the scene of an explosion along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi
Residents jostle to see the slain body of a man inside a police pick-up truck near the scene of an explosion along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi March 30, 2014. According to local media, a man died after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) he was assembling went off in a residential house in Eastleigh, while three others escaped unhurt. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
Blood stains are seen at the scene of an explosion inside a residential house along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi
Blood stains are seen at the scene of an explosion inside a residential house along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi March 30, 2014. According to local media, a man died after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) he was assembling went off in a residential house in Eastleigh, while three others escaped unhurt. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
People look at the scene of an explosion inside a residential house along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi
People look at the scene of an explosion inside a residential house along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, March 30, 2014. According to local media, a man died after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) he was assembling went off in a residential house in Eastleigh, while three others escaped unhurt. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
A journalist takes pictures at the scene of an explosion inside a residential house along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi
A journalist takes pictures at the scene of an explosion inside a residential house along Juja Road in the Kenyan capital Nairobi March 30, 2014. According to local media, a man died after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) he was assembling went off in a residential house in Eastleigh, while three others escaped unhurt. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
File photo of Siyad Ali, 2, a severely malnourished refugee from Somalia, crying after receiving treatment inside the stabilization ward in Dadaab
Siyad Ali, 2, a severely malnourished refugee from Somalia, cries after receiving treatment inside the stabilization ward in the International Rescue Committee (IRC) clinic at the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, in this July 30, 2011 file photo. Kenya on March 25, 2014, ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for Kenya's intervention in neighbouring Somalia. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
File photo of newly arrived refugee family settling in their tent near the Ifo extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border
A newly arrived refugee family settle in their tent near the Ifo extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in this July 27, 2011 file photo. Kenya on March 25, 2014, ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for Kenya's intervention in neighbouring Somalia. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
File photo of newly arrived Somali refugee forced out of the queue outside a reception centre in the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab
A newly arrived Somali refugee is forced out of the queue outside a reception centre in the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in this July 28, 2011 file photo. Kenya on March 25, 2014, ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for Kenya's intervention in neighbouring Somalia. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
File photo of Somali refugee girls attending Koran classes at the Liban integrated academy at the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border
Somali refugee girls attend Koran classes at the Liban integrated academy at the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, in this August 2, 2011 file photo. Kenya on March 25, 2014, ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for Kenya's intervention in neighbouring Somalia. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
File photo of newly-arrived refugees running away from a cloud of dust at the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab
Newly-arrived refugees run away from a cloud of dust at the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab, near Kenya's border with Somalia, in this July 16, 2011 file photo. Kenya on March 25, 2014, ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for Kenya's intervention in neighbouring Somalia. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files (KENYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS)