Police release photos of wanted Al-Shabaab terror suspects

The government has released photographs of four wanted terror suspects said to be planning attacks at the Coast this weekend.

Police said intelligence reports had linked them to Al-Shabaab, and warned that the militants' top command has dispatched them to Kenya to carry out the attacks.

Among them is Abulkadir Abubakar Abdulkadir, a brother of one of the three young women being detained by police in Mombasa on court orders.

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The women were arrested in Mandera last month while attempting to cross to Somalia allegedly to get married to Al-Shabaab fighters.

Also wanted is Issa Abdallah Kauni, who went missing from his parents’ home in Mombasa last year, prompting his family to publish posters of him as a “missing person”.

Authorities believe he travelled to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab in the company of Mr Abdulkadir.

The other two are brothers — Ahmed Said Omar, alias Dogo, and Hussein Said Omar, alias Babli.

SH2 MILLION REWARD

The National Police Service Commission is offering Sh2 million reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the suspects.

A dispatch from the government described the four as “armed and dangerous,” and appealed for public assistance in arresting them.

Those with information on their whereabouts have been asked to contact the police on 020-2199151 and 0702432877.

Security agencies have increased surveillance since April 2, when Al-Shabaab terrorists raided Garissa University College and killed 142 students.