Photos of terror suspects put up on Mombasa billboards
Mombasa residents walk past one of the two billboards bearing pictures of the nine most wanted terror suspects mounted along Fontanella roundabout in this picture taken on April 16, 2015. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA |
What you need to know:
- However, police and county government officials in Mombasa denied putting up the billboards and could not say who had done it.
Two billboards with photographs of wanted suspected terrorism suspects were Thursday placed along major streets in Mombasa.
People milled around them talking in low tones as some took pictures and walked away.
Pictures of five people in the billboard were released by police on April 4 after Al-Shabaab terrorists killed 148 people at Garissa University College on April 2.
However, police and county government officials in Mombasa denied putting up the billboards and could not say who had done it.
It is illegal to put up such boards in Mombasa without the permission of the county government. Interestingly, by 6pm Thursday, they had not been pulled down.
The billboards appear to have been reproduced from police posters and bear the names of the suspects and the Kenya Police Service coat of arms.
“Let me confirm the source, I will get back to you,” said county deputy police commander James Kithuka. He had not by the time of going to press.
