Latema Road Terror Suspect Charged

One person has been charged in connection to January 26, 2019, explosion at the intersection of Latema Road and Tom Mboya street in Nairobi.

The suspect, Mohammed Nurrow Mohammed was arrested on Friday at Biashara street in Moyale at the border of Kenya and Ethiopia.

Mohammed was arraigned on Monday under a miscellaneous application where the police were granted three more days to detain him till investigations are completed.

“Intelligence reports show that he has other associates who assisted him in planning and executing the explosion,” the court heard.

The Director of Criminal Investigations had earlier released CCTV footage of a man believed to have aided the explosion.

The detectives appealed to the public to submit any information that would aid identify the man in the clip.

In the grainy footage, a man dressed in a black tracksuit and sandals is seen walking along the street with a carton in one hand.

The incident occurred in January when an Improvised Explosive Device went off shortly after 7pm outside Odeon Cinema injuring two people.

The Nairobi Regional Police Commander, Phillip Ndolo, stated the suspected attacker had hired a cart to carry a small box from Latema Road to Kenya cinema.

 

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