Three female terror suspects arrested on their way to Garissa

Nargis Arafat Gulam [left], Mwanajuma Mweru Tayari [centre] and Saumu Ali Athmani appear at the Mombasa law court dock after they have been arrested at Mtwapa weigh bridge in Kilifi county. The three were on their way to Garissa County. At the time of the arrest, they were found ferrying materials like laptop and accessories,Pocket Phones, Surveillance pen, external hard drives, Military boots, earphones and screw drivers. The materials are believed to be used in committing terrorism activities within Garissa County. The materials will be scanned by terror experts before the three suspects are charged. 16th September 2015. [Photo/Omondi Onyango/Standard].

Three female terror suspects were yesterday arrested in Mtwapa on their way to Garissa with an assortment of gadgets police believe were to aid a terror attack in Garissa.

Two of them were girls aged between 15 and 18 years who police say were to cross to Somali to join Al Shabaab as “jihadist brides”.