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2019-01-19 Africa Horn
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''Canadian'' among 6 terror suspects in court over Riverside attack
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[CAPITALFM.CO.KE] The Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) was Friday granted thirty days to detain five suspects, including a Canadian, who were arraigned in court over the Tuesday terror attack on 14 Riverside Drive that killed 21 people.
The prosecution had moved to court seeking to detain the suspects further in order to conclude investigations the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji had said were at an advanced stage.
Those presented in court include, Joel Ng’ang’a Wainaina, Oliver Kanyango Muthee, Gladys Kaari Justus, Guleid Abdihakim (Canadian) and Osman Ibrahim‐all believed to have facilitated five Al-Shabaab
...  an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
holy warriors who launched the deadly attack described by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary as having targeted the world.
The sixth suspect was arraigned separately, and police were allowed to detain him until Wednesday.
The prosecution told the court that among the suspects were taxi drivers who ferried the attackers to various locations in the city including 14 Riverside Drive and a mobile-money transfer agent who sent them money.
Another suspect is said to have been seen, in surveillance footage reviewed by Sherlocks, talking to one of the attackers at the dusitD2 hotel complex where the al-Shabaab linked bully boyz laid a siege that started on Tuesday at 3pm and ended on Wednesday morning at about 9 pm when four of them were all killed. The first terror suspect went kaboom! outside Secret Garden hotel, killing six people‐according to police.
Police had earlier said they were holding 11 suspects, but it is understood that some of them are still being interrogated before a decision is made on whether they should face charges while others have been freed.
Those who appeared in court include Joel Ng'ang'a Wainaina, a taxi driver who ferried the attackers around on several occasions, and Oliver Kanyango Muthee, a taxi driver who drove one of the assailants to the scene of the attack.
Gladys Kaari Justus is being investigated over the transfer of money while Guleid Abdihakim -- who holds Canadian citizenship -- is being probed over suspicious communication.
The other suspect Osman Ibrahim is alleged to have met with one of the attackers on January 8.
Two suspects yet to appear in court, Ali Salim Gichunge and Violet Kemunto Omwoyo possessed SIM cards that were in "constant communication" with numbers in Somalia, court documents revealed. 
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Posted by Fred 2019-01-19 00:00||
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