Uganda Terror Plot Discovered By U.S. Intelligence Forces

Security is being increased at shopping centers and other public locations after U.S. intelligence discovered plots for a terrorist attack similar to the attack last month in Kenya that killed over 66 people.

The BBC is reporting that cars are being searched along with bags of pedestrians in Kampala. Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo told the BBC he was thankful the U.S. told them of the impending attack.

Somalia’s al-Shabab terrorist group, who carried out the Kenyan attack, launched a terror attack in Kampala in 2010 that killed more than 70 people. Two restaurants filled with soccer fans watching the World Cup were hit with homicide bombers.

Al-Shabab has threatened Uganda because they have contributed troops to the African Union force helping Somalia’s legitimate government destroy the terrorist group.

Kenyan Troops Assault Shopping Mall To End Two Day Siege

Kenyan security forces launched an all out assault Monday against a group of terrorists that had seized a shopping mall in the capital city of Nairobi.

The official death toll has stayed at 62 while at least 170 have now been reported wounded by government officials. The interior ministry has taken to the social network Twitter to tell people to stay away from the mall complex. Continue reading

NBC News: ‘Bodies everywhere’: Survivor stories emerge as Kenya mall siege goes on

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