Al-Shabaab Member Killed In Kenya’s Kwale town, Three Arrested

Police on Monday thwarted an imminent attack following the killing of a wanted al Shabaab member in Kwale town of Kenya’s Coastal region.

Regional Police boss Francis Wanjohi said the officers arrested three other suspects and recovered a hand grenade and a motorbike. He said detectives were acting on intelligence information on a planned terror attack within Kwale County.

He said detectives were acting on intelligence information on a planned terror attack within Kwale County.

Wanjohi said the officers raided the hideouts of suspected Al-Shabaab returnees and killed one of them

According to reports, wanted terror suspect Idris Aden was among the three arrested during the operation.

Aden was dispatched from Al-Shabaab stronghold in Somalia to coordinate attacks in the Coastal Region.

Police are investigating if the group was behind the recent killing of three Nyumba Kumi officials and a reformed Al-Shabaab returnee in Bongwe area Kwale.

The four had come out openly to oppose the extremism ideologies of the militia group, which has managed to radicalize hundreds of youth mainly from South Coast for decades under the watch of security agents.

The slain government agents, Mohammed Juma Mwaguzo, Juma Omar Mwanyota, Hassan Debe and Subira Sudi Mwangole were all shot dead by gun-wielding suspects riding on motorcycle.

The arrest comes days after Kenyan police warned of a possible terror attack during Ramadhan.

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet said that the joint security agency networks had noticed several attempts by the terror group to stage attacks in Mandera and Wajir counties.