Army Preempts Massive Al Shabaab Mpeketoni Memorial‬ Attack in Lamu County

An officer from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks through binoculars during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. MANDATORY CREDIT. REUTERS/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout (SOMALIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS