Mombasa Court releases key suspect in Garissa University massacre

Mohamed Khalid Ali at the Mombasa Law Courts yesterday, where he denied three charges of being found with a stolen vehicle and explosives, and being a member of the Al Shabaab militant group. [Photo: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The High Court in Mombasa has released a terror suspect, whom police say was a key planner of the April 2 terrorist attack at Garissa University College, sparking anger within the police force.

Sheikh Mohamed Khalid Ali, a native of Lamu County and resident of Mombasa's Old Town, was arrested in May and police claimed they found a hand grenade and plastic explosives in his house in Bondeni.