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Mpeketoni terror suspects to stand trial after judge finds enough evidence

Mpeketoni suspects Diana Suleiman (left) and Mahadi Swaleh Mahadi at the High Court in Mombasa on Wednesday. [Photo:KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

A Mombasa court will proceed with a case in which two men are charged with mass murders in Mpeketoni, Lamu.

The High Court put the duo on their defence in connection with the June 15, 2014 slaughter of 60 men and a woman in carnage claimed by Al Shabaab. High Court Judge Martin Muya yesterday said Mahadi Swaleh Mahadi alias Jesus and Diana Salim Suleiman have a case to answer.

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