{"id":8576,"date":"2014-05-21T05:17:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T09:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2014-05-21T05:17:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T09:17:58","slug":"kenya-suspect-dies-in-failed-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/8576","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Suspect dies in failed terrorist attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One suspected member of al Shabab lost his life on Tuesday, after a grenade he was conveying detonated prematurely at Garissa town.<\/p>\n

According to Reuters<\/a>, up to 11 people sustained injuries from the heavy explosion outside the Nur Rahma Masjid Mosque near the Somali border, north-eastern Kenya.<\/p>\n

Reports<\/a> indicate that another suspected terrorist is among the injured.<\/p>\n

Claims that the terrorists were en route to attack a mosque has raised many questions among pundits. The extremist Islamic sect are notorious for attacking churches, but not mosques. However, officials are yet to shed more details on the attack.<\/p>\n

Tensions ran high between Kenya’s Muslim community and the police earlier this year after a raid on a famous mosque in Mombasa.<\/p>\n

Local sources have disclosed that at least 3 suspects have been arrested in connection with the blast. Reports indicate that an undetonated grenade was also recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Garissa Police Commander, Charles Kinyua, has revealed that another failed terrorist attack occurred elsewhere in Garissa on Tuesday; after a grenade hurled at a hotel failed to explode.<\/p>\n

This wave of attacks come after al Shabab laid ambush to an army convoy and killed about 12 people (including some security officers) on Monday in the same region.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s air force have conducted two raids on al Shabab’s posts in Somalia this week. Reports indicate that several top members of the al Qaeda-linked terrorists are believed to be among the casualties.<\/p>\n

Photo\/Ivan Lieman\/AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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