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Suspected Al Shabaab spy jailed for three years

Alion Edin Marsack, a Somali national who was jailed for three years for being in the country illegally. [Fred Kagonye, Standard]

A man arrested on suspicion of being an Al Shabaab spy has been jailed for three years after he admitted to being in the country illegally.

Alion Edin Marsack, a Somali national was arrested in Wargadud Township, Mandera County a town along the Kenya - Somalia border on April 21 and detained at the Elwak Police Station.

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