By ZADOCK ANGIRA - Nation - Police have forced open an abandoned briefcase at a busy bus stage in Nairobi suspected to have contained a bomb.
Bomb experts were called in at the GPO stage on Kenyatta Avenue after Nairobi residents spotted the briefcase.
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| A bomb expert prepares to force open a briefcase that was abandoned at the busy GPO bus stage in Nairobi July 26, 2012. There were fears that it contained a bomb. WILLIAM OERI |
The officers from the Bomb Disposal Unit used sniffer dogs to detect the presence of a bomb.
The briefcase was moved to the car park opposite the stage and forcibly opened.
It contents included a bible, books and pens.
Police, who had sealed the area, said they could not have taken a chance that the briefcase contained explosive material.
Central Police Station boss Paterson Lipa
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