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Did Al-Qaeda from Arabian Peninsula plot foiled attack?

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                                        Bomb detonation exercise                 PHOTO: COURTESY

By The Standard on Sunday Team

Kenya: As police celebrate thwarting what they say could have been Kenya’s deadliest terrorist attack, investigators now believe the plotters were from the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular (AQAP) group based in Yemen.

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