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Kenyan police arrest two after bombs found in car

March 20, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Police in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa say they have arrested two people who were driving a car with two improvised bombs hidden inside it.

The suspects, one Kenyan and the other of Somali origin, were planning to attack an unspecified target, they say.

The arrests followed a tip off, a police official added.

Kenya is on a heightened state of alert after militants from Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamist group attacked a shopping centre in Nairobi last year.

Security was increased further following Monday’s incident.

“We have not established where the target was, but we have detained two terror suspects who were in the vehicle,” said Henry Ondiek of the Mombasa Criminal Investigation Department.

Kenya Foreign Minister says one militant is a woman

September 26, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Kenya Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed told the US PBS network that one of the militants was a British woman

A British woman is thought to be among militants who killed at least 67 people at a Kenyan shopping centre, the country’s foreign minister has said.

Amina Mohamed said the woman had “done this many times before” and “two or three” Americans were also attackers.

Earlier, Kenya’s interior minister said all of the militants were men although some may have been dressed as women.

Six British nationals are confirmed dead in the attack on the Westgate centre in Nairobi.

Kenyan forces secure the Westgate Shopping Centre

September 26, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Kenyan forces are securing the Nairobi shopping centre attacked by suspected al-Shabab militants, as the stand-off enters its fourth day.

A senior police source said early on Tuesday the operation was “over”, however journalists at the scene have reported sporadic gunfire at the mall.

There has been no official confirmation the siege is over. Kenya’s president is expected to make a statement shortly.

At least 65 people have been killed, including three soldiers.

The Kenyan Red Cross says 51 people are still missing, and the BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse says mortuaries in the capital are expecting to receive more bodies.

Obama urges Kenya to avoid violence as election looms

February 7, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

US President Barack Obama has urged the people of Kenya, where his father was born, to avoid violence and intimidation in next month’s elections.

He posted the message, which begins with a greeting in Swahili, on YouTube.

He said the polls were a chance for Kenyans to come together to show they were not just members of tribes or ethnic groups, but a proud nation.

Kenya’s disputed presidential election in 2007 descended into violence in which more than 1,000 were killed.

Kenyans head to the polls on 4 March to vote for president and other offices in the first national election since that violence.

British special constable shot dead by bandits in Kenya

January 16, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A British man who was killed in Kenya on Saturday was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police.

Jamal Moghe, 26, from Wembley, north-west London, also worked as a civilian employee of the Met based at Ealing in west London.

He is believed to have been killed by bandits while travelling on a charity trip.

Ealing borough commander Andy Rowell said: “We were all shocked and saddened to hear of Jamal’s death.”

Mr Moghe was a criminal exhibits officer in Ealing and also worked as a special constable – a volunteer police officer – in his home borough of Brent.

Cdr Rowell said: “He was a popular member of the team at Ealing borough and he also chose to serve his community by volunteering as a special. Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this time.”