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Anti-terror war suffers blow after court frees two in landmark case

Justice Grace Nzioka delivers her judgement at a Milimani court on Friday, February 09, 2024. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

On a quiet evening in September 2012, a police raid in Nairobi uncovered a chilling cache of terror: four explosive vests, AK-47s, grenades, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The men arrested that night - Omar Abdi Adan, Musharaf Abdalla, and Abdimajid Yassin - were linked to a foiled plot to attack Kenya's Parliament, a strike that could have paralysed the heart of the nation.

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