Police on Sunday recovered a package containing explosive chemicals believed to be used in making Improvised Explosive Devices in Eastleigh 7th street as a government crackdown on illegal immigrants continued in earnest.
Nairobi County Police Commander Benson Kibue said the occupant of the room had escaped, but officers found documents showing that he was a Somali refugee registered at the Dadaab camp.
“The chemical is extremely explosive; we ask members of the public to cooperate so that together we can maintain our security,” he said.
Kibue added that police had launched a manhunt for the suspect as they intensified an operation dubbed ‘Usalama Watch’ aimed at flushing out criminal elements from Nairobi following a spate of terror attacks and other incidences.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested since the swoop started.
On Saturday alone, 600 people were arrested for lack of identification documents. Police say 355 were released while the rest were to be taken to court on Monday.
Mohammed Abdi, a resident, commended the police for the operation but challenged security agencies to be proactive and not to react to situations. He also cautioned police to be careful so that the operation does not appear to be targeting members of a particular community.
Meanwhile, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Muhamud has said that the Al-Shabaab terror group is a dying horse which is continuously suffering defeats.
“Al-Shabaab is losing; it is losing its training grounds, its recruitment and its finances. Al-shabab is doing the last kicks, what you see are kicks of a dying horse” he said.
He said terrorism is a global challenge that knows no boundaries noting that the terror group had only found a foothold in Somalia when the country had no functional government.
Source: Capital FM Kenya
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