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Mpeketoni terror attack suspects freed for lack of evidence

Mpeketoni murder suspects Dyana Suleiman (second left) and a tycoon Mahadi Swaleh Mahadi alias Jesus (right) are congratulated by friends as their Lawyer Taib Ali Taib (left) looks on after the Mombasa High Court acquitted them. (Photo: Kelvin Karani/Standard)

Four key suspects charged with mass murder in Mpeketoni and Hindi, Lamu walked to freedom Wednesday after a High Court in Mombasa freed them for lack of evidence linking them to the killings of 72 people.

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