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Police on high alert after nine terror suspects enter Kenya
(Sh.M.Network)- Lamu police are on high alert following the entry of nine suspected Al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... gun-hung tough guys from Somalia on Wednesday. The aliens are suspected to include imported muscle, who entered Kenya from Burgavo and other small towns in Somalia's Lower Juba region, and have been forced out by Kenya's military offensive in the these parts, and the disintegration of Al-Shabaab. The police alert is bad news for the fledgling tourism industry, which was battered last year following the abduction and murder of British and Frenchies in Manda, and Kiwayu islets, a few kilometers by sea from the area where the forces of Evil are believed to be hiding. "We have no doubt that the group has links with the Al-Shabaab," said Lamu East OCPD, Samuel Obara, who is co-ordinating the operation against the bully boys. He was speaking on telephone from Lamu, on Thursday. But the Government has responded robustly with heavy deployment of forces in Lamu, other islets, and international border seeking to prevent a fresh assault on the tourism sector. This comes less than a week after theUKand US lifted advisories against essential travel to Lamu and local slums. In Mombasa, Administration Police officers demolished structures around Tononoka Grounds after gun-hung tough guys detonated simultaneous bombs last month in Mtwapa, killing two worshippers. The reports emerged as the British Government announced it was reviewing the travel advisory it issued last year. During the life of the advisory, including a separate one issued by theUS, the Lamu archipelago lost about 50 per cent of its foreign tourists and revenues, conservative estimates show. The US has since, also, reviewed its separate advisory against essential travel toKenya, but most tourists on the Kenyan coast are from western Europe. Some investors, however, feel the words used in the review by the British do not go far enough to reassure foreigners about their safety in Lamu and other cities. They are also calling on the Government to improve security and infrastructure. Coast Provincial Police Officer Aggrey Adoli told The Standard on Thursday that police have maintained air, land, and sea patrols in hotspots following last year's events. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-05 |
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