At least two people have been injured in an explosion outside a restaurant in Nairobi.
The blast, which was caused by an improvised explosive device, occurred shortly after 7pm outside Smothers Fast Food Restaurant on Tom Mboya Street.
A police officer controls people from accessing scene of an explosion at Odeon Stage, Latema Tom Mboya junction, Nairob.
Witnesses reported seeing a man pushing a trolley outside the restaurant. Seconds later, a huge blast was heard sending members of the public scampering to safety.
The incident was confirmed by the Central Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) Robinson Thuku.
According to a Nation photographer on the ground, two people were taken away for treatment.
One of the victims suffered minor injuries on the leg after he was pierced by a shrapnel from the IED during the Saturday incident.
Officers from the Anti-terrorism police and the General Service Unit rushed to the scene and sealed it off.