More details are emerging to prove that Kenya’s solidarity and walls are being tested by goups of terror sneaking in and out of the country while partly conducting radicalization lessons to recruit young non patriotic Kenyans.
In the latest incident,Kenya police IG Boinnet says officers have repulsed al Shabaab militants who had attacked a construction site in Shimbirey, Garissa County.
Failed attack at Shimbirey,Garissa county. Tuko ngangare na hakuna siku itakuja hawa maadui watushinde. We pray for our soldiers and salute them. God be with you as you protect us. #Garissa pic.twitter.com/Gdmd2ZzxcW
— Kj Mpoa ?? (@KjMpoa) January 21, 2019
As security measures continue to intensify in the country though, details have emerged that twin assault were planned, one at the DusitD2 and another in Mombasa the same day.
The Mombasa attack targeting two shopping malls and a bank in the town was scheduled to take place an hour after the Nairobi one but the perpetrators grew cold feet after security agent intercepted communication between the two sets of terrorists.
Detectives close to the investigations revealed that the group tasked with executing the Mombasa attack called off the plan after realising that security had been beefed up, noticeably along the Mombasa-Malindi highway. This was apparently after intelligence reports about an impending attack.
The attackers, numbering about 10, are believed to have sneaked out of Boni Forest and travelled to Malindi where they camped at a hotel for a week during which they communicated with another group inside Boni Forest. The latter group was to ferry weapons, and explosives that were to be used to attack the malls and bank.