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Kenya detains 52 over suspected Islamist attack | ||
2015-03-30 | ||
Police detained 52 people on Friday in Kenya’s main port city, a day after an officer was killed in a suspected Islamist revenge attack, heightening tensions in an area where the authorities say militant Islamist is spreading. After a recent spate of attacks, police detained dozens of youths from mosques in Mombasa which they say are used by radical preachers as recruitment centers. The arrests have angered many Muslims in the mainly Christian nation.
“We must get the killers and also recover the stolen gun,” he said. “This operation will go on until we achieve that. In the meantime we are gathering crucial information from those we arrested. Those we find innocent among them will be released.” Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab has claimed most of the recent attacks along the coast and elsewhere, saying it is punishing Kenya for sending troops to Somalia as part of an African Union force battling the rebels. Diplomats acknowledge that Kenya faces a difficult task in dealing with radical youths but say the regular round-ups in which dozens are often detained at a time, with almost all released without charge, is playing into the hands of militants. | ||
Posted by:Steve White |
#2 an area where the authorities say militant Islamist is spreading As I recall, the Muslim areas in Mombasa have never been friendly areas for the kuffar to wander into. At best you were tolerated. At worst, well.... |
Posted by: Pappy 2015-03-30 17:04 |
#1 start banging some of these "radical preachers" ad leveling mosques and you might see some change |
Posted by: Frank G 2015-03-30 11:04 |