Policeman Killed, 14 Wounded in Grenade Attack on Kenya Church

A policeman died on Sunday after being wounded in a grenade attack on a church in eastern Kenya that also injured 14 other people, police said.

"We have one fatality," said regional police chief Philip Tuimur after the attack on a church in a police camp in the town of Garissa, not far from the Somali border.

Another police source said 14 people had also been wounded.

Kenya has seen a wave of grenade attacks on cities including the capital Nairobi and the key port of Mombasa since the country sent troops into Somalia in October last year to fight al-Qaida-linked Shebab insurgents.

In July, at least 18 people were killed in attacks on two churches in the same town, which is located about 140 kilometers (90 miles) from the Somali border.