Police hold Kenyans linked to Iran government’s spy terror squad

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett address a press conference in his Nairobi office when he said Police have arrested two Kenyans linked to an Iranian spy network on suspicion of planning to carry terror strikes in the country.The suspects, Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, and 25-year-old Yassin Sambai Juma are said to have been planning to carry terror attacks against both foreigners and locals in Kenya. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU

Details have emerged of how Kenyan police arrested one of the men accused by the Government of spying for the Iranian government and planning to carry out terror activities in Kenya.

Sources said officers from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) pounced on Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, on the evening of Thursday, October 29, as he entered his house in Ngumo Estate, Nairobi.