A Swedish man arrested in Kenya suspected to belong to Al Shabaab
Posted by African Press International on May 15, 2012
Kenya media reports that a Swedish national has been arrested in connection with Al-Shabaab activities.
This is happening at a time the government is having a crackdown on foreigners flocking to Kenya to join Islamist group Al-Shabaab that has terrorized the Somali people in their country.
According to the Standard newspaper of Kenya “Anti-terror police arrested Magd Najjar in Eastleigh after they learnt he was here illegally and was eager to join or had joined the militant group. Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe later said Najjar was an accomplice of the wanted German terror suspect Ahmed Khaled Mueller and they had a similar mission in the country.”
The paper continues to report that “The suspect’s traveling documents showed he entered Kenya on February 23, 2011 after he was granted a visa that was to run from January 31 2011 to April 30, 2011. And after his visa expired he reportedly never laboured to renew it as per the law. He was scheduled to appear in Nairobi court on Monday. Anti-terror police who are handling his case said they are investigating to know if he had been to Somalia and back using the porous borders.”
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