Kenya:Wanted: Do you know these eight terror suspects?

Kenya:Wanted: Do you know these eight terror suspects?

The agencies are requesting members of the public to be extra vigilant and volunteer any information that may lead to their arrest.

• Those wanted include; Kassim Musa Mwarusi aka Abu Miki, Mohamoud Abdi Aden aka Mohamed Yare, Peter Gichungu Njoroge aka Mustafa and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir aka Ikrima.

Security agencies are looking for a number of terror suspects that are believed to be involved in devising terror plans against the country.

The agencies are requesting members of the public to be extra vigilant and volunteer any information that may lead to their arrest.

Those wanted include; Kassim Musa Mwarusi aka Abu Miki, Mohamoud Abdi Aden aka Mohamed Yare, Peter Gichungu Njoroge aka Mustafa and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir aka Ikrima.

Others are Erick Njoroge Wachira aka Mohamed Njoroge aka Moha, Abdurahman Hija aka Mnubi, Ahmed Ali Mohamed and Mohamed Ali Hussein.

According to a security report, the suspects who are on the run or missing are understood to have been behind some of the recent sporadic attacks targeting security personnel and the civilians in parts of Lamu County and its environs.

An official aware of the probe said all the suspects have had run-ins with the law in the past, for reasons including robberies with violence, drugs and other criminal activities.

For instance, Njoroge aka Mohamed Njoroge escaped to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab following reports about his notoriety for robbery with violence in parts of Mukurweini and Karatina sub counties.

Hija aka Mnubi also escaped to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab in 2016 following his arrest warrant for involving in criminal gangs that terrorized parts of Nyeri County.

Mwarusi aka Abu Miki has also been on the radar of the Kenyan law enforcement agencies for his involvement in criminal activities including radicalization and recruitment of unsuspecting youth into violent extremism in parts of Likoni, Diani and Ukunda.

Aden alias Mohamed Yare alias Ibrahim alias Mohamed Hassan Alias Mohamud Abdirahman was arrested in 2014 for abetting terrorism in the country.

Source: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-01-12-wanted-do-you-know-these-eight-terror-suspects/