Kenya on the hunt for 8 terror suspects
Police say al-Shabaab terrorists have been dispatched to country to commit acts of terror
By Andrew Wasike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Kenya is hunting for eight al-Shabaab terrorists believed to be behind a spate of attacks in the African country that have killed police and civilians since the year started, with arrest warrants issued for all eight.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations appealed to the Kenyan public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of the suspects linked to the al-Shabaab terror network from neighboring Somalia.
“The suspects who are highly trained, armed and dangerous have been dispatched to the country to commit acts of terror. Members of the public are asked to provide any information that may lead to their arrest, “DCI head George Kinoti said.
Among the suspects is Mohammed Ali Hussein who was arrested after a foiled al-Shabaab car bomb attack in northern Kenya’s Isiolo county. He managed to escape from the police and returned to Somalia.
Also on the list is Abdikadir Mohammed Abdikadir who is connected to al-Qaeda terrorists in Yemen. He was a close ally to al-Shabaab leaders, including Fazul Abdullah Mohamed, Abdi Godane, and Salim Saleh Swaleh Nabhan.
Abdikadir was involved in the planning of the 2019 Dusit attack where 19 Kenyans, an American, and a British-South African were killed. He also took part in the planning of the 2010 Kampala bombings which left 74 people dead.
On Jan. 7, four police officers on routine patrol in eastern Kenya were killed in an ambush by al-Shabaab.
On Jan. 6, seven villagers were killed by al-Shabaab terrorists in Lamu county, leading the government to issue a monthlong dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Kenya contributes troops to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, which has weakened al-Shabaab, a group that has been fighting to overthrow the Somali government for years.
Al-Shabaab has vowed to carry out terror attacks in Kenya until Kenya pulls out its soldiers from Somalia. In 2015, more than 140 university students were killed by the group, their worst in Kenya.
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