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Seven Terror Suspects Arrested In Siaya
By Moses Muli
Seven terror suspects were on Sunday arrested at Hawinga area within Alego-Usonga in Siaya County.
The suspects were arrested following an operation that was conducted by a multi-agency team comprising officers drawn from the Kenya Police and Directorate of Criminal Investigations Siaya, Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) Busia and a special team from Nairobi.
According to the police incident report, the multi-agency team while acting on an intelligence report, raided Hawinga and Uranga areas in search of the terror suspects and managed to arrest the first six.
During the operations, assorted crude weapons namely 2 pangas, one rungu, 3 knives and several Islamic literature were recovered from the suspects.
Thereafter, the team extended the operations to Nyandorera area at Udamayi village and managed to arrest one more suspect then recovered several Islamic literature & writings, Arafat shawl, Islamic hut, small military bag, a pair of scissors, one pliers, a pair of safety boots, about 200 grams of cannabis sativa seeds, one big spear and one black catapult.
The suspects have all been escorted and placed in custody at Siaya police station pending investigations.
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