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Monday, October 7, 2013
Risk mitigation firm AKE has raised the rating for Kenya on its 1-100 security risk scale. The new rating is 21 which equals “heightened security concerns” under AKE’s rating system. The move follows threats made by Somali radical Islamist group Al-Shabab that it was prepared to carry out further attacks.
AKE said while security levels have been increased in Kenya following the Westgate Mall raid, AKE’s sub-Saharan Africa specialist Alasdair Reid believes that the group still has the capability to carry out further attacks in the country.
“Al-Shabab has shown itself to be capable of executing coordinated and carefully planned attacks on well-guarded targets in Mogadishu and Kismayo in neighboring Somalia. It therefore possesses the ability to conduct similar attacks against assets in Kenya, even if they do have relatively high security measures in place.”
According to Reid “the highest risk in Kenya remains small attacks involving Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) or hand grenades in public areas. However, the possibility of a further large-scale assault or bombing at a high-profile target over the coming months cannot be discounted.”
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