Nairobi - A bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the centre of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday killing at least one person and injuring several more, police said.

"It was a bomb explosion and body parts have been thrown apart," police officer Gabriel Omondi told AFP after the blast in front of the City Gate restaurant on Moi Avenue, one of Nairobi's main streets.

Anti-terrorism police arrived at the explosion site to investigate as security officers cordoned off the area from thousands of onlookers.

There was a huge traffic snarl up as ambulances raced to evacuate the injured.

"The anti-terrorism experts are here," another official told AFP.
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