US intelligence claims al-Shabab planning new Kenya-like attacks
The US intelligence community has reportedly said that the al-Qaeda
linked terrorist group al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the
Nairobi mall-attack, may be planning new attacks in East Africa,
particularly Kenya.
The intelligence community monitored a
specific stream of classified information, but it did not include
details of specific target or date. One
US intelligence official said that there are data points which are
worrisome and now the intelligence is focused on how to prevent any more
attacks, CNN reports.
The officials said that the classified
information they tracked is different from the public claims and tweets
made by the Somalia-based terror group. The
US State Department has reissued a travel specific warning to Kenya
saying Americans already there or planning to go there should evaluate
their personal security situation, the report added.
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