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Step up fight against youth radicalisation

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has called on Muslim scholars to aid in the fight against radicalisation.

In 2014, a police raid on the Musa Masjid Mosque in Mombasa netted at least 200 youngsters, some as young as 12 while undergoing radicalisation training. It is estimated that at least 255 youth, aged between 15 and 35 years have joined terrorist groups since 2013.

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