article_snippet: Anti-terror police foiled a planned attack in Mombasa after they intercepted a car packed with explosives in March 2014, according to Kenyan authorities.
article_snippet: According to police, al-Shabab militants had planned simultaneous attacks on the international airport in Mombasa, the ferry crossing and a supermarket.
article_snippet: The car laden with explosives was to be detonated on a ferry.
article_snippet: Al-Shabab, an Islamic extremist group, has vowed to inflict violent attacks on Kenya and Uganda because the two countries have contributed troops to the African Union force supporting the government in Somalia.