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How foiled Coast terror attack was to be executed

How foiled Coast terror attack was to be executed
A cloud of dust and smoke billows into the sky Thursday after security officers detonated bombs which were recovered in a terrorists’ car in  Mombasa. [Photo: Maarufu Mohamed/Standard]

By Willis Oketch, Benard Sanga and Philip Mwakio

Mombasa, Kenya: The insurance policy for the bomb-laden car discovered in Mombasa last week was supposed to expire on March 16, the day intelligence officials say a terrorist attack on Moi International Airport was to take place.

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