Kenyan police arrest three men suspected of trying to break into a British army camp in Kenya on the same day Somali militants attacked another base used by US and Kenyan forces
Kenyan police officers check vehicles on a road after a bus, traveling from the coastal region of Lamu to the town of Malindi, was ambushed by gunmen in Lamu county, southeast Kenya, on January 2, 2020.
The failed break-in at Laikipia, where the British army trains about 10,000 troops a year, was captured on a security camera. Three men were subsequently arrested at about 1400 GMT on Sunday and are being questioned by anti-terrorism officers, the police report said. The deadly attack came only days after the United States said it was tightening security at its bases following threats from Iran to retaliate for a US air strike that killed its most prominent military commander."This Kenya attack has no connection with the Middle East attack. It is a fight between us and the US," said Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al Shabab's spokesman for military operations.
"We heard chatter three months ago that Al Shabab was planning intensive cross-border operations and had identified commanders to lead those operations," Bryden said.
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