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10 suspected Shabaab recruits arrested in Garissa County

Security agents in Garissa County on Monday evening arrested eight Tanzanians believed to have been on their way to Somalia to join Al Shabaab.

Mohamed Ali Saleh when he was appointed as the new North Eastern region coordinator who was appointed by Cabinet Secretary for Interior and coordination of National Government Joseph Nkaiserry on 29/04/2015 in Nairobi. (PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD)

The men aged between 20 and 40 were intercepted in Dadaab town while planning to enter Somalia and are currently being interrogated by police, said North Eastern Regional Commissioner Mohamud Saleh (pictured).

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