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three men Tuesday found with a suspected homemade bomb as they entered the country's largest upscale shopping mall, police said.
The bomb was later safely detonated in a controlled kaboom.
"We have detained three men who were found with an improvised bomb," said local police chief Robinson Mboloi, who heads the capital's Kasarani district where the Garden City Mall is located.
"Bomb disposal unit officers have detonated it and the area is now safe," he added.
The Nairobi mall, which opened earlier this year, claims to be East Africa's largest shopping center.
The three men arrested Tuesday were reported all to be Kenyans, and were stopped together by officers at security checks going into the mall.
"The device was detected at the screening point, and I thank the security for being swift in their work," Mboloi said. "They will be investigated to establish their links to terrorism and al-Shabaab
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