Inspector General of police, Joseph Boinet, yesterday he announced that police foiled terror attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa. The police reported to have arrested two radicalized Islamic State suspects.
Boinet, in a statement said that the two were planning retaliatory attacks after the arrest of their ring leader Mohamed Abdi Ali.
“Police have continued to intensify the crackdown on the ISIS network that is seeking to establish itself in order to conduct terror attacks against innocent Kenyans,” read part of the statement.
The arrested duo, Kiguzo Mwangolo Mgutu and Abubakar Jillo Mohamed are said to have been planning terror attacks in Mombasa and Nairobi, after their radicalization at the Kangemi Mosque.
“Investigations into the network linked to the ISIS attack planner Mohamed Abdi Ali who had many linked to ISIS members in Syria, have led police to the arrest of Mwangolo Mgutu and Abubakar Jillo Mohamed,” IG’s statement continued.
Police have recovered various materials that were to be used to manufacturer Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in one of the suspects’ residence in Kangemi.
“These materials included nails, ball bearings, batteries, electrical wire, fertilizer, cell phones and other suspected explosive substances which have been taken for forensic analysis. Explosives experts have indicated that these are materials terrorists typically use in the making of IEDs. Additionally, Police also found in Kiguzo’s residence bows and poisoned arrows,” read the statement signed by the IG.