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Thursday, 28 November, 2002, 18:17 GMT
In pictures: Kenya attacks
Suicide bombers launch a deadly attack on a hotel on the Kenyan coast used by Israelis. Meanwhile, an Israeli holiday jet is fired on as it takes off from the nearby Mombasa airport.
![]() A vehicle thought to be laden with explosives smashed through the entrance, setting off a huge blast
![]() Only shortly before, a group of Israeli tourists had arrived in the lobby at the start of their holiday
![]() Local Kenyans, most of them dancers greeting the Israeli guests, bore the brunt of the blast
![]() Three Israelis - two of them children - were among the dead
![]() The Israeli-owned hotel was popular with tourists keen to escape the violence at home
![]() Kenyan investigators are being joined by Mossad operatives in the hunt for the attackers
![]() At the same time, an Israeli jet was attacked by missiles on take-off from Mombasa
![]() But the attack failed, and passengers were flown safely back to Israel.
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