Suspected terrorists Abdulrazak Haji [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Police have arrested a terror suspect linked to the recruitment and radicalization of youths in Mombasa.
The suspect, Abdulrazak Haji, was arrested and appeared before a Nairobi court to respond to the charges leveled against him.
According to a local daily, the man was picked by officers from the anti-terror police unit before he was escorted to division’s headquarters in Nairobi. The security personnel then took him to his Kileleshwa, where the found a firearm license and mini pistol.
The police have, however, not confirmed the authenticity of the license discovered at the man’s house.
The detention of the man comes after State counsel Duncan Ondimu requested Nairobi senior principal magistrate Martha Mutuku to give police more time to probe the matter.
The police have claimed that the man was used by the Al Shabaab terror militia to act as a spy on the security personnel in this nation.
He is said to have spied on shops in different areas including Nyali and Mombasa town among others.
The man has also been linked to the radicalization of youth in Lamu, Wajir and Mandera counties.
Corporal James Muthusi has been appointed to lead the investigations.
“I am investigating a case of soliciting and giving support for the commission of terrorist acts and advocating, promoting, advising or facilitating a terrorist act,” Muthusi said.
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