22-Year-Old Woman Arrested In Nandi Over Links To Al-Shabaab

A woman suspected to have links with the Al-Shabaab terror group was arrested in Tinderet, Nandi county.

This is after Police officers based at Soghor Police Station received a tip-off from patriotic locals, about a 22-year-old woman who was cohabiting with a man in Kamalambu village but appeared suspicious.

A woman suspected to have links with the Al-Shabaab terror group was arrested last evening in Tinderet, Nandi county. This is after Police officers based at Soghor police station received a tip-off from patriotic locals, about a 22-year-old woman who was cohabiting with a man

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The villagers’ fears were confirmed when during interrogation after being arrested, the woman told detectives that she had been in Somalia for two years after allegedly being kidnapped by members of the Al-Shabab terror network in Kilifi back in 2019.

She confessed to having been trained in weapon handling skills, hostage-taking, and use of explosives among other skills. The woman is said to have attended the recently concluded KDF recruitment exercise at different centers.

Anti-Terror detectives have since taken over investigations into the matter and shall be grilling the suspect for more information.