Second Uber taxi set on fire in Kenya amid competition row

Driver manages to escape group of men who approached car in dark alley on outskirts of Nairobi

An Uber taxi has been set on fire in Nairobi as tensions rise between the ride-hailing service and conventional cabs, according to a Kenyan police official.

In the second attack of its kind in a matter of weeks, a man hired the vehicle to take him to the outskirts of the capital but led the driver to a dark alley, Nairobi's police chief, Japheth Koome, said on Wednesday.