“We are going to blow you up, we
will destroy you all.”
It is the chilling message al-
Shabaab terrorists have
delivered to Nairobi residents and
people living in other
major towns.
In a report first published by CNN
on its website,
members of the militant group used
a video clip to send
the message at a time when the
country is grappling
with insecurity.
In the video, described as new by
the CNN, the militants
are reviewing the September 21
Westgate Mall attack
where 67 people died and hundreds
injured. It took four
days to end the siege.
Even as the Westgate trial continues
locally in court, the
extremists say they are not done.
“It’s not that Westgate was enough,”
they say. “There
are still hundreds of men who are
wishing for such an
operation.”
Peter Bergen, an authority on
terrorism who interviewed
the late Osama bin Laden and is a
CNN national security
analyst, said that this Al-Shabaab
threat has to be taken
seriously.
“We certainly can’t dismiss their
ability to carry out
those kinds of terrorist attacks,”
Bergen said.
The Kenyan government has been
deporting hundreds of
people or taking them to refugee
camps in an ongoing
operation to crack down on illegal
immigrants and
suspected terrorist cells.
The operation kicked off early this
month following two
explosions in Eastleigh.
During the Administration Police
pass out parade on
Thursday last week, President Uhuru
Kenyatta said
illegal immigrants in the country had
brought problems.
“Some neighbouring countries have
had conflicts which
have spilled over to Kenya. The
violent extremism we
saw at Westgate continues to claim
the lives of innocent
citizens,” said the President.
He said extremism had nothing to do
with religion or
ethnicity.
But the war on terror is yet to be
won with al-Shabaab
issuing new threats.
The al-Qaeda linked group has
claimed responsibility for
most terror attacks which have
rocked the Capital.
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