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Kenyan Police arrest 109 in new raids on Mombasa mosques

Wednesday November 19 2014

Police in Mombasa say they have recovered petrol bombs and arrested more than 100 people in a raid on Masjid Swafaa, a mosque in the port city linked to radicalised Islamist youth.

IN SUMMARY

  • Security officers say they seized several petrol bombs and arrested 109 people at Masjid Swafaa.
  • An earlier raid on the Musa and Sakina mosques in Mombasa ended with 251 youth in custody.
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Police in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa raided two mosques and arrested more than 100 people about a day after taking 251 people into custody during a swoop on two other mosques in the port city.

Security officers say they arrested 109 people following raids on Swafaa and Minaa mosques in the Kisauni area Tuesday night.

They seized several petrol bombs, hand grenades and assorted ammunition.

Earlier raids on the Sakina and Musa mosques in Mombasa's Majengo area ended with one person dead, 251 youth in custody and some eight grenades and a pistol among recovered items.

Four people were stabbed and killed in Mwandoni, Kisauni Monday night in attacks believed to be reprisals for the raids. Police are cracking down on radicalised youth sympathetic to Somalia's Al-Shabaab terrorists who have in recent months forcefully taken over control of several mosques in the coastal area.

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