{UAH} SECURITY AGENCIIES FAILED IN THE FACE OF WESTGATE MALL ATTACK

Security agencies failed in the face of Westgate Mall attack

18 Sept - Source: Daily Nation - 111 words

The Westgate Shopping Mall attack last September in which 67 people were killed resulted from a catastrophic and systemic failure by Kenya's security agencies, analysts believe.

Failure to detect the terrorist plot, to investigate and stop it were symptomatic of deeper failures of performance and coordination among security agencies, the analysts, some of them in government service, said. The victims were of 13 nationalities.

Two of the attackers are believed to have flown from Somalia to Entebbe and travelled by road to Nairobi. The weapons they used were hidden in Eastleigh, as were the terrorists themselves. On the day of the attack, they drove across the city with their weapons undetected

Viele GruBe

Robukui

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