Police have arrested a couple suspected to be key financiers and logisticians of the outlawed Al Shabaab terror group.
42-year-old, Yassin Abdille Hussein aka Abu Sumeiya and his wife Fartun Mohammed Guleid, 41, were arrested in Eastleigh, Nairobi for planning terror attacks.
The couple is believed to be accomplices of a key Al-Shabaab operative who has been involved in planning attacks in Mandera county.
The operative, Abdiweli Mohamed Guleid alias Abdiweli Kamaure is believed to be the mastermind of the November 2014 Mandera Bus attack where non-Muslims were killed by the Al Shabaab militants.
According to citizentv.co.ke, the police said the couple emigrated from Gedo region in Somalia and have been operating in Kenya using fake documents.
Hussein’s wife is the sister to Kamaure and the two have various businesses whose finances are channeled to supporting Al Shabaab activities.
The police said they have launched investigations on how the couple has been able to open businesses and operate in the country under false documentation.
Police have also released images of other terror suspects believed to be close allies of the couple and who are said to be operating under the command of Kamaure.
The five are Kullow Yarrow Abdi, Mohamed Ahmed Yarrow, Ahmed Dabar, Mohamed Mohamud Abdullahi and Adan Yussuf Sheikh.