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The young, educated and privileged enemy in Kenya’s changing face of terror

Violet Kemunto, wife of one of attackers at Dusit Hotel.

How does a country deal with Al-Shabaab returnees, home grown terrorism and an increasing attractiveness of young people who don’t come from disadvantaged backgrounds to extremism?

These are the challenges Tuesday’s attack at dusitD2 hotel complex has presented Kenya’s security apparatus.

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