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The children bowed and snuggled back into their pillow fort.

In 1696, this rebellion came to full flower when an Arab force sailed into an African harbor at Mombasa and laid siege to the vital Portuguese fort at Fort Jesus.

The blast outside the historic fort was the first such explosion in the heavily guarded city since 2011.

“If we don’t hold the fort down, there will be nothing to come back to,” Hearring said.

"And is that possible for next week? I genuinely do not know. My job was to come in and hold the fort, and the minute that someone is appointed, I will step aside."