Nairobi (RBC) The Kenyan police have said on Sunday that they have arrested a man suspected to Al Shabab member in Nyeri town, local media reports.
Police sources confirmed that the man is suspected to be an Al Shabab adherent, believed to be recruiting youths from the area into the terror group.
Local media reported saying that the suspect is said to have undergone training in Somalia alongside his three brothers.
A source close to investigations told The Standard yesterday evening the suspect was picked at around 11am, and was locked at Nyeri Central police station before he was transferred to another undisclosed station.
Police sources said intelligence reports indicated that the suspect went for the militant group;s training camp in Somalia before coming back early this year.
The police also captured the suspect’s father for helping to send his two brothers to Somalia to join Al Shabab group.
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