Bartamaha (Kampala):- Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) are holding 12 suspects they found with materials for making bombs and instructions in Mpeketoni, Lamu Isla.

The suspects include three Tanzanians who allegedly arrived from Somalia with maps of buildings in Nairobi, and instructions on assembling a bomb.

The others are Kenyans, and police said they are still interrogating them to know their mission.

The three Tanzanians had arrived in Lamu from Somalia aboard a speedboat they hired, after paying Sh20,000.

They also had bomb-making materials, which detectives believe they got from Somalia.

“We do not know their mission, but all I can say is that we have averted something,” said a source that declined to be named.

The suspects were arrested on Saturday morning and later brought to Mombasa, where they were being grilled on Sunday.

And after interrogation, the suspects are said to have disclosed the location of their accomplices who were picked up from Malindi Town.

Police said they got tips on the arrival of the Tanzanians before they moved into action.

linked to Al-Shabaab

The arrests came barely a month after terrorists linked to Al-Shabaab detonated bombs in Kampala, Uganda, killing more than 80 people.

At least ten Kenyans are being held in Uganda over the bombings.

The latest arrest was of Suleiman Abdul Hamid who was arrested from his South C house, in Nairobi, in an operation mounted by tens of hooded police led by detectives. The arrest came three days after three Ugandans arrested in Mombasa over the same crime confessed to getting training in Somalia.

Anti Terror Police Unit said the arrests came after a month of thorough investigation.

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Source:- Standard Media.

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