By NATION REPORTER
Posted Sunday, July 1 2012 at 10:55

Nine people have been killed and three more injured in separate grenade attacks of Catholic's Central Cathedral and AIC churches in Garissa, police says.

According to North Eastern Deputy PPO, Philip Ndulu, the nine people killed were from the AIC church while Central Cathedral accounts for the three injured.

He said AIC church suffered more casualties as it accounts for eight dead and at least 50 injured persons resulting from gunshot wounds.

The dead include six women, two men and two police officers.

Catholic's Central Cathedral had three casualties from a grenade attack.

An eye witness Felix Kimanzi said the masked gunmen wearing blue uniforms sprayed bullets at the congregation of the AIC church resulting in the deaths and the high number of casualties.

He also said two grenades were hurled but only one exploded.

"I was 100 metres away from the church when I saw two gunmen at the entrance spray bullets at the congregation. I hid from their sight," he said.

"They were joined by two more gunmen in blue uniforms who hurled grenades and they all fled on foot," he added.

The casualties have been admitted at Garissa Provincial General Hospital.