KENYA: Police foil terror attack on Recce squad headquarters

Thursday August 4, 2016

Recce squad arrives at a home in Lavington after suspected robbers took refuge in the house./FILE

Police recovered three AK 47 rifles and 178 bullets during an operation targeting a former Recce Squad officer on Thursday morning.

This followed suspicion that the man had been radicalised by al Shabaab and was planning an attack at the GSU Recce headquarters in Ruiru.

The suspect has been identified in police documents as constable Eric Ngethe, No 97861, who deserted his Job as an officer of the elite squad in 2014. He was a highly trained hostage and rescue officer.

The search for him was intensified after intelligence reports warned of a possible terror attack. He escaped without the weapons during the dawn operation.

Detectives from the Ruiru police division on Wednesday raided a house that the former officer reportedly owned in Githurai 45 estate but did not find any weapons.

"We only found literature material that suggested that the man was radicalised," said a senior security official in Kiambu.

Police said the suspect had also been spotted at Riyadh Mosque, which was hit by allegations of radicalisation, further cementing suspicion against him.

It has been reported that al Shabaab militants have infiltrated security forces.

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