Sh8 million bounty on Shabaab suspects

Saturday February 27, 2016

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Police yesterday offered a reward of Sh8 million for the arrest of four terror suspects whose names and photos were distributed.

They are Abdullahi Diyat, Idris Issack, Ahmed Uweys and Mohamed Shide.

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet said the four were involved in the November 2014 Mandera bus attack, in which 28 people died, and the December 2014 Mandera quarry attack.

Those who help police will be paid Sh2 million for each suspect arrested.

Boinnet said the suspects are believed to be operating from Mandera and Wajir counties and the Gedo region of Somalia.

“They may be in the company of other al Shabaab terrorists and may collaborate with al Shabaab sympathisers in the said regions. They are believed to be armed and dangerous,” he said.

Diyat and Issack are suspected of being involved in the Makkah bus and quarry attacks.

Ahmed Uweys from Godondowe, Somalia, is said to belong to the Amniyat — the Shabaab intelligence and assassination wing — and was linked to the Mandera attacks.

Uweys is believed to be a close associate of Adan Garar, who was killed in March 2015. Uweys is wanted for his role in the September 21, 2013, Westgate Mall attack.

Shide is from the Garre community and is a former madrassa teacher and an Aminayat member.

Shide is suspected to be Garar’s associate, and linked to the Westgate attack.

He is trained in explosives and facilitates transfer of arms for attacks in Kenya and Somalia.

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