adminMogadishu — Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab is planning to attack neighbouring Kenya during the Muslim holy months of Ramadan, which begins June 17, the Islamist militants said yesterday.
“We are planning to give Kenyan non-believers a true taste of Jihad [the holy war] in the next few days and weeks,” a senior al-Shabaab commander told dpa on condition of anonymity.
Attacks were mainly planned in Kenya’s north-eastern province that borders Somalia, he said. The group claims it already infiltrated the region.
“We will keep targeting and destroying Kenya’s education sector and business sector,” the al-Shabaab commander said.
The terrorists are also threatening to attack Kenyan troops stationed in southern Somalia in coming weeks, according to the commander. Al-Shabaab has targeted Kenya since 2011, when Kenyan troops entered Somalia to help the government fight the group.
Al-Shabaab killed 152 people at a university campus in Garissa last April and at least 67 people at a Nairobi shopping mall in September 2013. – AFP
Bongani Ndlovu
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