Security has been beefed up at two shopping malls in Nairobi city after text messages warning of an impending terror attack were randomly sent to customers.
Guards at Prestige and Junction shopping malls in Nairobi said they had boosted their security checks and reported to the police who responded by sending teams to the malls to investigate the source of the texts.
A private firm official in charge of security at the Prestige mall on Ngong Road said a customer came running to the mall on Saturday afternoon and showed guards a text message urging people to keep off the two shopping complexes.
“It read: ‘Terror plot under way at the Prestige and Junction. Keep off,’” he told the Nation.
The customer at the Prestige mall is said to have hurriedly picked up his child, who was playing on the roof, and left.
“It read: ‘Terror plot under way at the Prestige and Junction. Keep off,’” he told the Nation.
The customer at the Prestige mall is said to have hurriedly picked up his child, who was playing on the roof, and left.
“The police received the alert messages a week and a half ago, including some that were sent yesterday,” he added.
Follow @africanewspost
