Kenya On High Alert Over Planned Bombing of Times Tower & Treasury

Kenyans are on high alert after the police issued an alert on planned terror attacks at Times Tower and Treasury buildings in Nairobi following intelligence reports.

The National Police Service on Thursday sent out a security brief indicating that a suspect identified as Ahmed Harith Mahmoud is allegedly planning the attack between October 28 and November 4, 2018.

“Harith is an associate and logistician of Ahmed Iman Ali alias Engineer. He was born in Majengo and is currently based in Somalia,” read the brief from DCI.

“The subject has been conducting reconnaissance on the above-mentioned targets and has been working in collaboration with five others,” the brief said.

The DCI said the five include a lady and four men who are said to be residing in Umoja and Kariobangi areas.

“Alert the offices to be on high alert to thwart any impending attacks,” said the brief signed by an M. Karanja on behalf of the DCI.

The Kenyan government has of late been on high alert following a series of previous terrorist attacks both within and without the Country’s borders.

The Kenya Defence Forces is currently part of an African Union Military force in Somalia in a bid to thwart any attacks by the Alshabab.

The Alshabab has in the recent past planned and executed vicious attacks on the Keyan People. It will be remembered that In one of the most horrific acts of terrorism in recent memory, four al Shabaab gunmen stormed the Westgate mall in Nairobi, and engaged police in a siege for nearly four days. At least 67 people, including several children attending a cooking competition were killed in the attack.

On Thursday, April 2, 2015, students studying early in the morning for exams were attacked by several al Shabaab gunmen. The gunmen then forced their way into a dorm and massacred students. At least 147 died in the second worst terrorist attack in Kenyan history.

The bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, remains the deadliest in Kenya’s history. 213 people were killed in Nairobi while at least 4,000 more were injured. A second blast at the US Embassy in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania killed 11 people. The attack is now remembered with a memorial park in Nairobi.

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