Protest over man’s detention

Police are still holding a suspect arrested over last month’s terrorist bombing in Kampala, Uganda.

Mr Salmin Mohamed Hamisi was arrested on Friday in a swoop on Kwa Karama Village in Mombasa.

In a telephone interview on Sunday, Muslims for Human Rights executive director Hussein Khalid claimed that the police were detaining Mr Hamisi at Nyali Police Station without following the due course of law.

“Since Friday Salmin has been confined to police cells without interrogation or assisting officers with investigation as claimed in the press,” he said.

Mr Khalid claimed that the arbitrary arrest had thrown the suspect into depression. He challenged the government to state the motive for holding the suspect without being interrogated as promised during arrest.

“We are disturbed by this eventuality and we don’t know what the government is up to,” he said.

And three other people arrested in connection with last month’s terrorist bombings in Kampala are to be flown to the Uganda’s capital to face trial.

Three others have since been charged with 89 offences of murder and terrorism the after Kenya police officers arrested and handed them to their Ugandan counterparts.

Nearly 80 people died during the July 11 explosions targeted at crowds watching World Cup finals. The three arrested last week were picked separately by officers attached to the anti-terrorism police unit.

The US State Department has praised Kenya for cracking down on suspected terrorists in its annual report on terrorism.

Of those arrested was Mr Abdulkadir Mohamed Hamis, who was however released after police learnt they had picked the wrong man.