Westminster is watching Nairobi. Closely. Eight students are now in custody after a school fire in Kenya left a trail of destruction.
The attack, which authorities are treating as arson, has triggered a swift diplomatic response. Number 10 has offered counter-terror assistance. Quietly.
The offer was made through private channels, but the message is clear: this is bigger than a local crime. It is a signal. Whitehall sources confirm that the UK's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre is now liaising with Kenyan intelligence.
Why? Because the pattern is familiar. Schools as targets.
Students as weapons. The government is keen to show it can act on the global stage. But critics are already muttering about overreach.
'We cannot police the world,' one backbencher told me. Still, the offer stands. It is a calculated move.
It says: we are watching. We will help. But at what cost?
The Kenyan government has yet to formally accept. Talks are ongoing. The situation is fluid.
Expect more arrests. Expect more offers. This is a game of chess, and both sides are moving their pieces.
