Tuesday October 13, 2015
By Chrispinus Omar
NAIROBI -- Kenyan authorities are interrogating eight terror suspects after being arrested at a Nairobi residential estate with high-tech communication gadgets.
"We arrested eight terror suspects on Sunday - five Somalis and there Kenyans of Somali origin - and also intercepted the two cars they were travelling in fitted with high tech communication gadgets," said Starehe divisional police commander Bernard Nyakwaka."We also recovered eight phones that were found in their possession.
"We have handed them over to anti-terrorism police officers for further questioning," he said.
The divisional police commander said the three Kenyans of Somali origin had no proper identification documents and will be arraigned in court this week once investigations are completed.
The incident came as security in key towns in Kenya has been put on a high alert following Kenya’s military operations in Somalia which sparked threats from the 'al-Shabaab' group that it will retaliate deep in Kenya.
The trend of the attacks particularly in northern, coastal and Nairobi regions, which seemingly are well coordinated since few suspects have been arrested, has heightened worries among Kenyans.
Nyakwaka said security had been stepped up and appealed to city residents to be extra vigilant and take security measures seriously, regardless of their status in society.