Sunday, November 17, 2013
By Job Weru
Nyeri, Kenya: Police in Nyeri have arrested a man suspected to be an Al-Shabaab adherent, believed to be recruiting youths from the area into the terror group.
The suspect is said to have undergone training in Somalia alongside his three brothers.
A source close to investigations told The Standard yesterday evening the suspect was picked at around 11am, and was locked at Nyeri Central police station before he was transferred to another undisclosed station.
“The suspect was arrested at Ruring’u and is in police custody. He is being investigated on claims he is a member of the Al-Shabaab terorrist group and that he threatened an Imam who opposed the construction of a new mosque,” said the source.
Police sources said intelligence reports indicated that the suspect went for Al-Shabaab training in Somalia before coming back early this year.
“He went alongside his three brothers, one of whom was killed by the Kenya Defence Forces after their incursion in the country,” said the source.