Galgalo Bocha
27 November 2011
Kenya navy have arrested four more suspected Al Shabaab militia members in Lamu.
The four men were nabbed on Saturday around Kiunga area. They are being interrogated.
Lamu West deputy police boss Mr Joseph Sigei said the four were arrested in the high seas by a Kenya navy unit on patrol along the Kenya -Somalia border. The four were advancing towards Kenya’s waters.
“They are still under interrogation in the sea. No arms were recovered during the arrest. I will inform you later on the next course of action.” Mr Sigei told the Nation in Lamu.
The four Somali men were in a speed boat containing jerricans of petrol. They are suspected to be fleeing the ongoing joint military incursion by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Kenya Defence Forces in Somalia.
The arrest brings to nine the number suspected members of Al-Shabaab terrorist group arrested in Lamu since last week.
The first lot of five suspects was arrested on Friday aboard a speed boat from Somalia while heading toward Lamu.
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