NAIROBI ( Halbeeg News) – Three people were found guilty of planning the terror attacks that targeted Garissa University campus in April 2015.
A Tanzanian, Rashid Charles Mberesero, Hassan Edin and Mohamed Abdi alias Mohamed Ali Abikar were found to have actively planned the attack with Al-Shabaab operatives.
Sahal Diriye Hussein was acquitted, with the sentencing of the three sets for July 3.
Magistrate Francis Andayi said the prosecution which relied on circumstantial evidence had presented a strong case against the three suspects found guilty of the April 2, 2015 dawn attack that devastated the East African nation.
“The court finds that they knew the plot and were part of the attackers as they were arrested while traveling from Garissa two days after the attack,” he said.
The court rejected defenses argument that they could not have been co-conspirators yet they do not know each other.
the Tanzanian has acquitted the charge of being unlawfully present in the country but still face serious charges related to the deadly attack.
This is after it emerged during the trial that on the day of the attack – April 2, 2015 – he remained in the hostel and could not satisfactorily explain why he was there.
“I find it intriguing that no official from the university came to testify in this matter,” he said.
Prosecutor Duncan Ondimu indicated he intends to call four witnesses during a sentencing hearing on July 3.
The court heard the prosecution will be asking for life imprisonment.
148 students were killed and over 100 wounded in the deadly morning raid on April 2nd, 2015.
Armed group al-Shabaab claimed the responsibility for the attack.
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