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Friends and relatives of some of the Jihad Convention suspects who are being held at the Shimo la Tewa GK Prison, including Mombasa County Women Representative Mishi Mboko (front centre), inside Mombasa High Court Thursday. [Photo: Gideon Maundu/Standard]
By Willis Oketch and Patrick Beja
Mombasa, Kenya: The State dug in its heels Thursday, ignoring requests to free the 129 suspects held in Sunday’s mosque incident in Mombasa and indicated that 102 of them will face terrorism and robbery with violence charges.
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