Three dead, several injured in twin bomb attacks in Mombasa, Kenya

Three people have been killed and several wounded in two explosions in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, police say.

Three people died in the busy Mwembe Tayari area of the city centre after a grenade was reportedly thrown into a bus that had just arrived from Nairobi.

In a separate incident at the luxury seaside Reef Hotel, suspects threw a bag with an explosive device, guards at the hotel said.

A roof of one building was ripped off by the blast and part of its wall collapsed.

The hotel’s management said all its staff and guests were safe.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, although the city has been on high alert for possible attacks by Somalia’s Al Shabaab rebels or local Islamist militants.