| Updated Fri, January 27th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3The four women when they appeared in court in February 2016. (Photo: Kelvin Karani/Standard)A magistrate in Mombasa Thursday released four women charged with being members of a terrorist group on a Sh500,000 bond. Resident Magistrate Henry Nyakweba questioned why the suspects were charged twice with similar charges in different courts. Maryam Said Aboud, Khadija Abdulkadir Abubakar from Malindi, Ummul Khayr Sadir Abdalla from Tanzania and Halima Adan Ali of Mombasa were charged with 19 terror charges, including being members of Al-Shabaab and conspiracy to commit terrorism in Kenya. ALSO READ: Terror casualties reduced in 2016, police report showsThe four are also facing eight more similar charges in a separate court which they have denied.

Source: Standard Digital January 26, 2017 19:37 UTC