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A previously unknown group calling itself the Army of Palestine has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack, which has killed at least eight Kenyans and up to three Israelis near the African port city of Mombasa. Just minutes earlier, an Israeli charter plane taking off from Mombasa had narrowly avoided being shot down. Two rockets fired from a shoulder-launcher missed the aircraft by metres. The plane carrying 140 Israeli tourists landed safely in Tel Aviv a few hours later. Just five minutes after the rocket attack, witnesses say three Arab men drove a four-wheel drive packed with explosives into...

KIKAMBALA, Kenya (AP) - In simultaneous attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya, a car bomb exploded at an Israeli-owned hotel on Thursday, killing 11 people, and at least two missiles were fired at - but missed - an Israeli airliner. A green all-terrain vehicle packed with explosives rammed into the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala, 15 miles north of Mombasa, at about 8 a.m. just as a busload of Israeli tourists was checking in, witnesses said. The blast ripped through the lobby, killing two Israelis, three bombers and six Kenyans, said Kenyan police spokesman Kingori Muanga. Most of the Kenyans were...