Form Two student arrested over Westgate terror attack

By CYRUS OMBATI

Nairobi, Kenya: A form two student of a school in Nairobi is among those arrested in connection with Westgate Mall terror attack.

The student at Muranga Road Mixed School was arrested Monday night in Pangani area by police who had been tipped off.

Those privy with the investigations said the student had been mentioned by other suspects already in custody.

 “We handed him over to the Anti-Terror Police Unit who are profiling him. There are claims he knew something on this terror,” Starehe OCPD Samuel Anampiu said.

ATPU head Boniface Mwaniki said so far police have arrested and questioned more than 40 suspects in the ongoing probe in the Westgate attack.

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“Some of them are not significant to us but we are moving well so far. We hope to crack this issue,” he said.