October 7, 2013 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Al-Shabaab, the group responsible for last month's mall siege in Nairobi, issued a new threat this week.

Taking to Twitter, the group promised that the attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall was 'just the premiere of Act 1.'

Experts are worried about the potential for new attacks from the group, which they say is diversly funded and well supported by an increasing number of African militants.

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Al Qaeda