Let us pick lessons from the tragedy or it will happen again

Now that the dust is settling on Tuesday’s 14 Riverside Drive terror attack, it is time to ask ourselves and answer a series of difficult questions. Questions such as what ought to have been done to prevent the attack and what may not have been done.
Granted, Tuesday’s response was an improvement from 2013’s Westgate Mall attack. This largely contributed to lesser number of casualties. But still, losing a single life is losing one too many. As such, pertinent questions need answers, if only to ensure lessons are learned and the mistakes are not repeated.

Top on the list is: What intelligence, if any, did our security men and women have regarding Tuesday’s attack?
Intelligence helps in two ways: one, to identify and profile potential attackers, including identifying cases of radicalisation and their motivation; and two, to neuter attackers long before they strike. Intelligence gathering is more effective than weaponry in minimising attacks, and ultimately, saving the country from further trauma.
Which begs the question: how much of this had we gathered with respect to 14 Riverside Drive attack?