Security agents are on high alert following intelligence reports of planned terror attacks by Al Shabaab militants before Ramadhan comes to an end on July 17.
Police have released photos of six militants who are said to be plotting the attack. Some of these militants were involved in the botched attack in a military base at Baure, Lamu.
Here are the six wanted men:
The six wanted men are:
Mbarak Abdi Huka
He is a Kenyan who was born in Borana and spent his formative years in Marsabit where he also attended primary school. He joined Al Shabaab in 2011. He is suspected to have taken part in the deadly Mpeketoni attacks in Lamu.
He is the brother of the slain Briton who met his death alongside Briton Thomas Evans in the botched Baure attack. Magag was born in Somali and migrated to the UK. He is a specialist in forging passports and wanted in the UK and Kenya.
Abdalla Suleiman Makhtum
Involved in radicalizing of youths in Mombasa and South Coast and assassinating of moderate sheikhs on the Coast.
Omar is the young brother of slain Hassan Omondi Owiti, alias Budalangi. His brother was an Al Shabaab agent who took part in numerous attacks in 2012 before he met his death after a gunfight with the police in Nairobi in May 2013. The brothers were radicalized in Pumwani Riyadha Mosque.
Salim Jamal Mwangi
He is Kikuyu who converted to islam and was associated with Musa Mosque that was attacked by the police to flush out militants. He fled to Somali in 2014 to join Al Shabaab.
He is a Digo from South Coast. He joined al shabaab in 2011.
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