Security agencies in Kenya have foiled a terror attack planned by Al-Shabaab in Lamu County.
The development comes after police arrested Mustafa Khalib Muhumed in Tana River County who provided sensitive information to Al Shabaab in order to facilitate their terror operations in the North Eastern Region, Tana River and Lamu Counties.
According to a detailed police report, Mustafa had just delivered a detailed surveillance report about a security installation for an attack in the coastal town.
The police said that he had detailed to his Al Shabab handlers the routes used by security personnel from the camp and also provided a map of the areas adjoining the camp and provided probable escape routes to be used by the militants who would execute the attack against the security camp.
“The suspects story confirms the police reports and investigations that he has over time been supplying the Somalia based Al-Shabaab terror group with information and in return receiving payments for the services,” read the report.
The suspect had also been tasked to report on security operations in North Eastern and Lamu County in order to facilitate Al-Shabaab IED attacks and ambushes against Kenya’s security personnel.
He was also tasked to spy on the LAPPSET project, one of Kenya’s key ongoing infrastructure development program for possible attacks by the militants with the aim of sabotaging the progress and completion of the project which is set to open the region and connect several countries in the horn of Africa.
Further, according to the police report, Mustafa is believed to have provided Al-Shabaab with information that assisted the terror group to carry out attacks at LAPSSET construction site at Kwa Omollo where a lorry, three motorbikes were burnt and seven civilians killed early this year.
Police have also linked him to the burning of fivelLorries and a mixing machine belonging to China Construction and Communication Company used in the construction of LAPPSET Corridor road to Garissa at Kwa-Omollo in Bodhei junction Lamu County on in January this year.
The suspect was arrested on 5th November 2022 in Garissa and presented before at Milimani Law Courts before Chief Magistrate Diana Mochache on 7th November and put in custody for 10-days.
