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Al Shabaab threaten to kill Kenyan hostages |
2013-01-25 |
Somali Al Shabaab tweeted a link to a video of two Kenyan civil servants, who were taken from the frontier county of Wajir last year, telling the Kenyan government they were in grave danger. It then tweeted that Kenya must release all Muslim prisoners held on “so-called terrorism charges in Kenya” and “secure the release of Muslims extradited to Uganda for terrorism charges”. “Kenyan government has 3 weeks, starting midnight 24/01/2013 to respond to the demands of HSM if the prisoners are to remain alive,” the group posted. Kenyan officials said on Thursday they would not negotiate with Titled “KENYA POWS: FINAL MESSAGE”, the video posted by the The video also showed a still photograph of four other Kenyan hostages who were not identified. Yesse, who spoke in the video, said all the Kenyan hostages held by the group were at risk if Kenya did not meet the |
Posted by:ryuge |
#3 The Twitter account of Somali militant group al-Shabab has been suspended, after it was used to threaten to kill Kenyan hostages. BBC |
Posted by: Willy 2013-01-25 07:58 |
#2 one per day, execute the Muslims held on terror charges and tweet the pics til the Kenyans are released. "This is on you, Al-Shabaab" |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-25 07:22 |
#1 hope this doesn't happen. but I know that Kenya wont bow to these demands. the Kenyans will hit Al Shebaab hard if they go thru with this. |
Posted by: Raider 2013-01-25 00:04 |