“Imminent” Terror Threat in Mombassa – Potential targeting of churches

allAfrica.com – Nairobi — October 29, 2012 – Terror Threat Looms in Mombassa

“Security has been tightened in Mombasa and its environs following intelligence reports of impending terror attacks.Police reports show that terrorists are planning to hit key targets with systematic attacks which will cripple rescue efforts.”

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CCI Analysis: One of the suspects identified by police, according to the article, has been implicated in the attack on House of Miracles Church in Nairobi’s Ngara estate on April 29, in which a grenade attack killed at least child. This indicates that churches and other places of worship are at risk of future attacks by this same group of terrorists. CCI has seen no specific intelligence other than this media report, but the report is consistent with known patterns of terrorist activity in Kenya.