MANDERA (Halbeeg News) – Kenya police said Saturday that they are questioning an al-Shabab suspect who was apprehended on Friday from his hideaway in Kenya’s Mandera district, near the border with Somalia.
The police said the Ibrahim Ali Mursal, 33 was arrested from his house following a tip-off from members of the public.
The police said the manhunt for other terror suspects who are still at large has been intensified in the area which borders Somalia.
The police have blamed local al-Shabaab sympathizers for the attacks in the region which have always targeted security personnel and civil servants including teachers.
The East African nation shares a porous border with Somalia and many times the insurgents have carried out cross-border attacks.
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