Two Somali nationals have been apprehended by Kenyan Police after they were suspected of having links with Al-Shabab.
The police said the two are suspected to be financiers and logistical operatives for the Al-Shabaab terror group.
Yassin Abdille Hussein aka Abu Sumeiya and his wife Fartun Mohamed Guleid were arrested in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
Reports say Kenya’s anti-terror police unit have raided their home following months of surveillance.
Statement by the police said the two are believed to have contacted a key Al-Shabaab operative in Mandera, Abdiweli Mohamed Guleid.
Guleid who is the mastermind behind the November 2014 Mandera bus attack is a brother to Fartun.
Police reports indicate that the two have various businesses whose finances are channeled to support Al-Shabaab activities.
The 42-year-old Hussein is a contractor who mainly operates his renovation trade in South B and parts of Eastleigh.
Police said Kamaure joined Al-Shabaab in 2007 and is currently the deputy Governor of Gedo Region serving under Al-Shabaab headed by Sheikh Abdirahman Fillow.
He is said to be instrumental in the coordination of attacks by Al-shabaab in Bulla-Hawa, Mandera and along the border of Mandera and Somalia.
He also believed to be behind the deployment of militants to kill teachers and quarry workers in Mandera County.
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