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University of Nairobi student arrested on his way to Libya to join ISIS terror group

Hassanein Ahmed Basty

A first year University of Nairobi student has been arrested as he tried to travel to Libya to join terror group ISIS.

Police say they arrested the University of Nairobi Biochemistry student Hassanein Ahmed Basty as he prepared to leave Kenya for Libya.

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