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Eight dead, more than 70 wounded in Nairobi blasts

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Eight people have been killed and over 70 wounded in two explosions in a busy market area in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a hospital official said Friday.

A spokesman at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi's main hospital, said eight bodies had been brought in and "more than 70" people admitted for treatment, many of them in a serious condition.

"Many of the injured are bleeding profusely. We need a lot of blood," the spokesman, Simon Ithae, told AFP.

Eight people have been killed and over 70 wounded in two explosions in a busy market area in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a hospital official said Friday.

A spokesman at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi’s main hospital, said eight bodies had been brought in and “more than 70” people admitted for treatment, many of them in a serious condition.

“Many of the injured are bleeding profusely. We need a lot of blood,” the spokesman, Simon Ithae, told AFP.

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