Kenyan military foils suspected terror attacks, defuses 4 IEDs in coastal region

MOMBASA, Kenya, July 20– The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) said on Monday that it had thwarted multiple suspected terrorist attacks in the coastal county of Lamu after discovering and safely destroying four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along key civilian and military supply routes.

The separate intelligence-led operations involved troops carrying out route clearance and dominance patrols to detect and destroy concealed explosives before they could cause harm.