The killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani mountain redoubt has prompted security warnings and mixed feelings from Anglican leaders across the globe.
On 1 May, US Navy SEAL commandos assaulted the al-Qaeda leader’s walled compound in Abbottabad and killed bin Laden in a gun battle. While speculation that bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan had been rife for several years, most experts believed he was holed up in the rugged tribal areas near the border with Afghanistan, not in a former British hill station living in a luxury compound.
“The world would not wish Osama was alive,” Bishop Julius Kalu of Mombasa told reporters after bin Laden’s death was announced by US President Barack Obama. “We hope this is the first step to wiping out terrorism,” the Bishop said.
The killing of the terrorist leader has led to heightened security round the world. In Nairobi, scene of a 1998 al-Qaeda attack, security around government buildings and commercial centres has been raised and police spot checks introduced.
“What happened in Pakistan is totally related to Kenya and East Africa,” anti-terrorism police commander Nicholas Kamwende told the Star. “The threat of terrorism is real and everyone has to be on the look-out even as police do their work.
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