كينيا: المسلمون يحتفلون بالعيد وسط تأهب أمني

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

يستقبل المسلمون بمدينة "جاريسا" - شمال شرق "كينيا" - عيد الفطر المبارك في ظل تعزيزات الحماية الأمنية، بعد أن زادت السلطات من إجراءات تأمين وحماية الساحات التي سيستخدمها المسلمون لأداء شعائر صلاة العيد.

وجاءت هذه التعزيزات في أعقاب لقاء القادة وعلماء المسلمين بالقيادات الأمنية، والتأكيد على مخاوف المسلمين من التعرض لجرائم اعتداءات عنصرية، مؤكدين على ضرورة التعاون المشترك لمواجهة الإرهاب وتعزيز الأمن وحماية المواطنين. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Kenya: Garissa Steps Up Security Ahead of IDD Celebrations

Security has been heightened in Garissa ahead of the Eid celebration. Officers from the GSU, regular and Administration police will guard the grounds that will be used for Eid Prayers before and during the ceremony.

Yesterday during a security meeting with Muslim clerics in the town, the county Commissioner Mohamed Maalim said: " The possibility of attack is high on so we must ensure all measures are in place."

Maalim said that the Anti-terror police unit will ensure all the grounds are secure before and during the prayers. "You need to understand that terrorism is an international phenomenon. It is not restricted by religion. This calls for co-operation from everyone," Maalim said. "As we strategise on how we can improve our own security, terrorist and militias are also planning on how they will strike and coming up with new ways. We need to be extra vigilant," he added.

He said of the terrorist: "Their sole aim is to fight human existence." The security personnel will keep watch over General Mahamud, Young Muslim, Bula Masalani and Bula Rahma and Iftin prayer grounds. Garissa, which was the safest town in East and Central Africa, has become the target of terrorists since the Amisom troops declared war on al Shabaab. More than 40 people have lost their lives since October last year when KDF began its operation in Somalia.