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Al Shabaab cell operative escapes police dragnet

Armed police officers patrols within some of the streets in Mpeketoni as security has been beefed up in the town and the troubled villages. Photo by Gideon Maundu

Lamu, Kenya: Security forces stormed a house on the remote Kiwayu island in search for local Al Shabaab cell operative Famau Kahre.

A special squad from the Administration Police's Rapid Deployment Unit landed on Kiwayu island in the Indian Ocean on Thursday and went to the house where Kahre was believed to be hiding.

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