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Alert over extremism as wanted thug is arrested in Kilifi

Police guard a survivor of a terror attack in the past. Authorities are warning of increased radicalisation in Kilifi County. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Security authorities in Kilifi now claim Islamic radicalisation and recruitment to Al Shabaab is thriving in seven major towns in the county.

Kilifi County Commissioner Joseph Keter announced in Malindi yesterday that there were intelligence reports that extremism training and recruitment was going on in Kilifi, Malindi, Mamburui, Tezo, Kaloleni, Ganze and Mtwapa.

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