Security agencies on Friday issued a nationwide terror alert and warned that 12 known and suspected al Shabaab terrorists may be planning attacks. Police issued 11 photos of the most wanted men, considered armed and dangerous, and asked the public for information. A photo of the twelfth man was not available. The men are said to have planned Kenya terrorist attacks, including the Mpeketoni massacre that claimed 60 lives in June last year. Police have had them on a watch list for more than a year.
"The
public is urged to provide information regarding their whereabouts but
are warned that they are armed and dangerous," the police says.
Among the suspects is Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi aka Musa Muhajir, a Somali who lived in Mombasa but was deported. His
associates are Abdalla Muumin Abdalla, Suleiman Mohamed Awadh, Abdalla
Siraj Marum, Mohamed Ali Ahmed and Hussein Said Omar alias Babli.
The
others are Issa Abdalla Ahmed alias Kauni and Abdikadir Abubakar
Abdikadir who were reported missing by their families in November last
year. They fled their home in Malindi to join Al-Shabaab.
Kauni, 24, who worked as a driver in Malindi attended Malindi Progressive Secondary School and Sir Ali bin Salim Primary School. Abdikadir
is the brother of Khadijah Abubakar Abdikadir, one of the three young
women charged in court after they were arrested at El-Wak in Mandera
while attempting to cross the border to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab in
March, this year.
Former footballer Anwar Yogan Mwok, 34, who once played for Mathare United Football club, is also on the list. Together
with Omar Patroba Juma alias Patroba Juma Owiti, they have been linked
to the botched June attack on the Kenya Defence Forces camp in Baure,
Lamu, in which 18 terrorists and three soldiers died. He was born in Siaya and joined Al-Shabaab in 2013.
Omar Patroba, 33 was also born in Siaya and is wanted together with his wife Shamim Wanjiru Hussein. Another
suspect, Ismael Mohamed Shosi alias Ismael Mmanga, has been linked to
the assassination of Sheikh Mohamed Idriss, a cleric who preached
against radicalisation of the youth.
Mmanga normally
dons a buibui to hide his identity and is also wanted for the killing of
police detective Mohamed Ibrahim, who was shot dead in Mombasa’s Old
Town on March 25.
"His legacy at
Stamford Bridge and in England has long been guaranteed and he will
always be warmly welcomed back to Stamford Bridge.
