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Screengrab of terror suspect Ali Salim Gichunge at the Dusit complex. [Courtesy]
When Ali Salim Gichunge cleared high school, he scored grade C and wanted to pursue journalism.
His mother Sakina Mariam, however, did not have money to take him to a journalism school so he instead got a job as a cybercafe attendant near their home in Kula Mawe, Isiolo County, and police believe this is where he got radicalised.
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