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title: "Five die in Kenya crowd explosions"
description: "Five people are thought to have died, with several others critically injured, after explosions went off in the middle of a rally against a new constitution for the country. Details are still sketchy; it is not clear whether the explosions were caused by hand grenades or improvised bombs or whether the deaths were from the explosions or in a resulting crush, and nobody has yet claimed responsibility. AFP , BBC"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Africa"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-06-14-five-die-in-kenya-crowd-explosions/"
published: "2010-06-14T06:20:05"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:01:45"
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# Five die in Kenya crowd explosions

> Five people are thought to have died, with several others critically injured, after explosions went off in the middle of a rally against a new constitution for the country. Details are still sketchy; it is not clear whether the explosions were caused by hand grenades or improvised bombs or whether the deaths were from the explosions or in a resulting crush, and nobody has yet claimed responsibility. [AFP](http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jaG-pmnT3bprsiVA_1dfhv_V_L0A), [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10306138.stm)

By Andy Rice · Published 14 June 2010, 08:20 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:01 SAST

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