Most wanted terror suspect arrested in Mwingi
Armed police officers at the scene where one terror suspect was gunned down within Floringi area of Mombasa on September 14, 2014. Police in Mwingi town on October 22, 2014 arrested a most wanted terror suspect as he tried to sneak his way into the Capital Nairobi from the war ton Somalia. FILE PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- According to Mwingi OCPD Mr Gerald Barasa, his team was given particulars of the car and the terror suspect's description by their Garissa counterparts and asked to detain him.
- Last weekend, the military gunned down five suspected terrorists as they tried to cross into Kenya with 100 kg explosives loaded on pick up.
Police in Mwingi town Wednesday arrested a key terror suspect as he tried to sneak into the capital Nairobi from Somalia.
The suspect identified as Mohammed Abdi Wahab, who is believed to be a key leader of the al-Shabaab group was intercepted at a road block in Mwingi aboard a private Toyota Land cruiser.
Officers from both the National Intelligence Service and Anti-Terror Police Unit in Garissa are said to have been monitoring the movements of the suspect for a while.
According to Mwingi OCPD Mr Gerald Barasa, his team was given particulars of the car and the terror suspect's description by their Garissa counterparts and asked to detain him.
"We acted on instructions from our colleagues from Garissa to flag down the car ferrying the terror suspect whose description we had been furnished with," Mr Barasa told the Nation Wednesday evening.
The OCPD said the suspect was detained at Mwingi police custody until Wednesday morning when he was taken back to Garissa for questioning by the Anti-terror police.
Last weekend, the military gunned down five suspected terrorists as they tried to cross into Kenya with 100 kg explosives loaded on pick up.
