Survivors of the ongoing siege at an upscale mall in Kenya are describing moments of confusion and utter terror — including a woman who hid under mattresses in a store and an African journalist who watched a pregnant friend die.
Extended gunfire and at least seven large explosions resounded from the mall, in the capital city of Nairobi, on Monday as Kenyan security forces struggled to take control on the third day of the attack. Continue reading
Islamic terrorists attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 68 people.
Military troops were working their way through the complex forcing the terrorists into a supermarket. The terrorists are believed to be holding captives inside the building. Continue reading
Two Spanish aid workers for the group Doctors Without Borders were rescued from their Islamic terrorist captors Thursday.
Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were kidnapped in Kenya in 2011 by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group based in Somalia. The abduction of the two women along with others in a short span led the Kenyan government to launch a military assault on the terror group in Somalia. Continue reading
Will Graham, legendary pastor Billy Graham’s grandson, led a three day crusade in Kisumu, Kenya that saw over 1,350 people accept Christ as Lord.
Over 21,000 people came to the “Celebration of Peace” happened at the Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground nearly 53 years after Billy Graham led a crusade in the same city. Continue reading
Two Iranian men have been found guilty of plotting terrorist attacks against Western government facilities in Kenya.
Ahmed Mohammed and Sayed Mansour were arrested in Nairobi, Kenya last June with 33 pounds of explosives. The men were found to have connections to an Islamic terror group that planned to blow up British, U.S. and Israeli targets.
Both men deny the charges but a judge said they have been “proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt of all terror-related charges.” Prosecutors said the men had the explosives “in circumstances that indicated they were armed with the intent to commit a felony, namely, acts intended to cause grievous harm.”
The men arrived in Kenya on June 12, 2012 and traveled to the port city of Mombasa to obtain RDX, a powerful explosive significantly stronger than TNT and considered one of the most powerful explosives in the United States’ military arsenal. After their arrest a week later in the capital of Nairobi, their explosives were found hidden at a golf course outside of Mombasa.
Police say the men have an accomplice that has not yet been apprehended by authorities and could be trying to arrange for alternate attacks. The terror group is suspected of bringing more than 190 pounds of RDX into the country for terrorist bombing attacks.
Both Mohammed and Mansour face up to 15 years in prison.
Heavy rains drove flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people this month and left more than 52,000 people out of their homes.
Two children were killed Wednesday as they slept when a flood of mud and water engulfed their home. Rescue workers at the scene are trying to recover the bodies. Several other homes were destroyed in the landslide in the village of Olutrot in Narok county. Continue reading
Somalian based al-Qaeda terror affiliate, al-Shabab, killed five people and wounded four others in an attack on a restaurant in Garissa, Kenya. Continue reading
Terrorists launched a grenade attack that injured at least 10 Kenyan police officers was apparently carried out in retaliation for Kenyan military assistance to troops in Somalia fighting the al-Shabab Islamic terrorist organization.
The officers were assaulted as they searched a house near Mombasa for weapons. They were attacked after finding an AK-47 rifle and two grenades. Continue reading
One child was killed and many others wounded when a man connected to Somalian Islamic group Al-Shabab threw a grenade into a church’s children’s Sunday School area in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi.
The man was allegedly angry about African Union forces that included Kenyan army taking the Somalian port of Kismayo from the al-Shabab organization.
A mob later attacked Somalians living near the church leaving 13 injured. Continue reading
Gunmen attacked the African Inland Church in Garissa, Kenya over the weekend killing 15 and wounding 40.
Security officials say that gunmen overpowered two police officers who were guarding the building, then took the officer’s rifles inside and began firing. When the congregants fled out the front doors of the church other gunmen were waiting in ambush. At least one grenade was also thrown at the church during the attack. Continue reading