THE STANDARD By
Weldon Kipkemoi |
January 19th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Smoke billows from the tanks at Manda Bay military camp in Lamu County after al-Shabaab militants attack in January last year. [File, Standard]
US Army General Stephen Townsend visited Manda Bay airfield camp in Lamu County, a year after a deadly attack by Al Shabaab militia.
The weekend visit was the second by Townsend, the commander of US Africa Command.
He jetted to Lamu in late December to oversee US troops’ operations and check on security matters.
The attack on Manda Bay airfield camp last year claimed three lives and left a trail of destruction.
Updated on January 18, 2021 at 2:11 pm
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Pennsylvania State Police arrested a man accused of making Facebook threats against President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and other prominent Democratic political figures at a Bucks County campsite.
Troopers went to the wooded area off Sunday Road in Durham Township Friday morning to serve an arrest warrant on Kris Kinsey for terroristic threats, state police said Monday. The Elyria Police Department in Ohio had alerted Pennsylvania police to the alleged threats.
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Images, messages and videos posted on Kinsey’s Facebook page threatened violence and death toward Biden, Harris, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, police said. The posts also allegedly threatened supporters of the Democratic leaders.