Four terror suspects on police watch surrender in Isiolo

Four of the eight suspects on a terror watch list have surrendered to authorities as police intensify security operations across the country.

According to Isiolo County Commissioner John Ondego, the four Abdi Ali Kanchora, Gadaffi alias Munene, Boru Abdi Bidu and Ramadhan Wario Bonaya (alias Rasho) surrendered to the police with their parents maintaining that they were innocent and their lives were now in danger.

Munene alias Gaddaffi was the first to surrender to the authorities in Nairobi accompanied by his parents who maintain that he is innocent. Moments later, the other two suspects on the list gave themselves up to the authorities accompanied by their parents.

The parents of the four however insist that cases involving their children had been ongoing and that they had been cooperating with police after the suspects had in 2017 attempted to crossover to Somalia but their efforts were thwarted by security agencies.

Isiolo County is on the spotlight since one of the masterminds of January 15 terrorist attack in Nairobi, Ali Salim Gichunge, was born and raised there.

Tens of youths are said to have left the country for Somalia from Isiolo, where they undergo training and radicalization.