Voice of America
Monday, April 23, 2012
The U.S. embassy in Kenya is warning of possible terrorist attacks
in the capital, Nairobi, and is telling Americans in the city to stay
alert.
The embassy issued a message Monday saying it has credible
information about a possible attack on Nairobi hotels and prominent
Kenyan government buildings.
The statement says the timing of the attack is not known but that the
embassy has “reason to believe the potential attack is in the last
stages of planning.”
There was no immediate comment from the Kenyan government.
Britain issued a similar warning about possible attacks in January.
There have been a number of small-scale attacks in Nairobi and in
northeastern Kenya since last October, when Kenya sent troops into
Somalia to fight the militant group al-Shabab.
Militants linked to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden bombed the U.S.
embassy in Nairobi in August 1998, killing more than 200 people.