After a controversial international debate on the media coverage of the Dusit siege its now time for al-shabaab claimed suspects controversies here at home in shocking dramas.
A suspect presented himself at Nakuru Central Police station on Sunday evening claiming to be a member of Al-Shabab militia.
He was interrogated by officers at Nakuru Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCIO) before being handed over to ATPU for more interrogation.
Turned out after intensive investigation process it was discovered the 2 year old suspect had psychological disorder hence the mentally unstable youth could not be trete as a terror suspect.
An investigator who did not want to be mentioned because he is not authorized to speak to media said during interrogation at DCI offices, he claimed to have trained at Bombolulu in Mombasa.
He claimed to have trained for five month at Bombolulu after joined Al Shabab in September 2018.
Asked why he left the militia group, he claimed to have feared for his life more so after the recent Dusit attack in Nairobi, where a number of terrorists were killed and others arrested by the police.
“The suspect claimed he feared for his life after he witnessed what happened during Dusit attack,” said an investigator.
“Several youth present themselves to police in pretense of being members of outlawed militia, thinking by doing so, they will be rewarded by the government. Majority are those who have abused drugs and are addicts,” said the ATPU boss.
The suspect whose identity is not revealed will be released either today or tommorrow sincetheir no credible evidence to link him to Al Shabab militia neither training he had claimed to have undergone.