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Police arrest scores in city estate raid
Protesters wave placards during a march in Nairobi to demand release of radical Jamaican preacher Abullah al-Faisal January 15, 2010. PHOTO/HEZRON NJOROGE
Posted Monday, January 18 2010 at 09:29
In Summary
- A combined force of police and the General Service Unit carried out the operation, which began at 9 p.m.
Police raided a Nairobi estate on Sunday and arrested scores of people following Friday's violence in the capital that was blamed on an extremist group operating out of Somalia.
The overnight swoop in Eastleigh, where many Somalis live, saw 328 people suspected to be sympathisers of the Somali militia rebel group al Shabaab arrested.
A combined force of police and the General Service Unit carried out the operation, which began at 9 p.m.
Most of the arrests were at the Shariff Centre, 2nd Avenue on 7th street in the sprawling estate.
They were found in possession of identity cards that police believed to be fake.
Last week's demonstration to demand the release of radical Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal turned violent as rowdy youths engaged police in running battles for six hours.
One person was killed in the chaos and several police officers injured.
The government blamed the violence on "foreign youths with extremist ideas," and assured Muslims that their rights will be protected.
Mr al-Faisal arrived in Kenya on December, 24 last year after travelling through Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland and Malawi and Tanzania.
He had been deported to The Gambia last week on the orders of Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang, but was returned on Sunday morning after Nigeria refused to give him passage.
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Submitted by kmmohansPosted January 21, 2010 11:49 PM
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Submitted by Sunburn
Al Amin Kimathi should be charged with treason for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, Al Shabaab, and who have threatened to Bomb Kenya. He should get the same treatment as those 1982 coup offenders.
Posted January 19, 2010 05:32 PM -
Submitted by Isaya Baraza
Somalis have to go back and rebuild their devastated country. Kenyans are very accommodative but we cannot be held at ransom by foreigners who have messed their own country. Separate Religion and extremism.Deport them for heavens sake.
Posted January 19, 2010 02:51 PM -
Submitted by papasamba
Lets bring the Artur's brothers back and demonstrate on the streets because now any fugitive is welcome in the country and the govt should not take any action...how stupid!!!
Posted January 19, 2010 08:43 AM -
Submitted by mkenyamoja
It was long overdue,net all of them and deport them to their own country.They will never reconstruct their country if we continue pampering them like previledged kids.Thier Mps should be working a peace plan and not sleeping in some hotel in Eastleigh.Criminals will never be punished because of religion?come on.
Posted January 19, 2010 08:29 AM
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it is not in just estates in big city estates that the illegal aliens, especially from somalia, are camping. watch the mosques on fridays in any town, and old timers can vouch for the fact that the numbers have been exploding month after month. unless the govt puts in urgent preventive measures, kenya will become the epicentre of world terrorism, aided and abetted by master terrorists like al feizal.