The French Embassy in Kenya has urged people to exercise \u201cextreme vigilance\u201d during the next few days, saying there\u2019s a threat of an imminent terrorist attack against Westerners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a real risk of targeting public places frequented by foreign nationals (restaurants, hotels, leisure venues, shopping malls), in particular in Nairobi,\u201d the French Embassy said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Other details about the threat or the source of the intelligence were not immediately released.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople in Kenya are advised to exercise extreme vigilance and avoid frequenting these public places in the coming days, including this weekend,\u201d the statement added <\/p>\n
Maarten Brouwer, the Dutch Ambassador to Kenya, said his French colleagues had informed his embassy about the threat. \u201cThe information is being assessed as credible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course we all hope that this threat turns out to be a false alarm, but nonetheless we want to share this information with you so you can take your own precautions,\u201d Brouwer said in a letter. \u201cThe information is, as usual, not specific: the time and place of the attack are unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kenya has experienced a number of attacks over the years, many of which were carried out by the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab, which is based in neighboring Somalia.<\/p>\n
In January 2019, gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a hotel and commercial complex in the Kenyan capital, killing at least 21 people, including two foreigners. And in 2013, gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, killing 67 people, including 19 foreigners, and injuring nearly 200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The French Embassy in Kenya has urged people to exercise \u201cextreme vigilance\u201d during the next few days, saying there\u2019s a threat of an imminent terrorist attack against Westerners. \u201cThere\u2019s a real risk of targeting public places frequented by foreign nationals (restaurants, hotels, leisure venues, shopping malls), in particular in Nairobi,\u201d the French Embassy said in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-en"],"yoast_head":"\n