Kenya Defence Forces arrest three alleged Al-Shabaab recruits en-route to Somalia

Monday, October 21, 2013

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Police are questioning three Tanzanians caught crossing the Kenya- Somalia border at Kiunga to allegedly join Al-Shabaab militants.

Officials identified the three as Ali Ramadhan, 22, Musa Daudi, 19 and Shabaan Bakari Waziri, 21.

They were arrested by the Kenya Defence Forces ( KDF), a few miles inside Somalia from the Kenyan border and handed over to police at Kiunga police station.

According to police who had profiled the three, they were headed to Kismayu to join “the holy war, which they claimed is led by the militants”.

Police said the men are from Dar-es-Salaam and had used the Lungalunga border to drive to Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu before getting into Somalia.

“They are being profiled by the Anti-Terror Police Unit who will decide the way forward. There is a likelihood they will be charged in court with various charges,” said a senior police officer aware of the case.

The arrests came in the wake of reports that tens of Kenyan youths who had crossed to Somalia to join the militants are now back in the Coast.

They returned after being frustrated in Somalia by various issues including the on-going military attacks on the militants’ strongholds and fallouts.

The youths are under police watch. Officers aware of the development revealed the youths are afraid of coming out to state their return and that the on-going crackdown had scared them.

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