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Three Somali nationals linked to Gikomba, Nairobi terror attack remanded

A Nairobi court has declined to release on bail a man and two women of Somali origin believed to be behind the terrorist attack in Gikomba market in May. Ten people died and scores were injured in the attack on the busy market.

The court heard that the three were arrested on October 25 by Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) officers as they were planning retaliatory terror attacks in Nairobi, after allegedly entering the country from Somalia.

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