Police are holding 18 Somali Muslim ladies among them six US nationals after a raid at Madrasa at Mackinnon Road, Kwale county. Acting on a tip of by an insider, police from Taru police Station assisted by GSU officers from Mackinnon Road raided Madrasa Al Banat and arrested the 18 on Friday morning. Mackinnon Road town is located along Mombasa-Nairobi highway, Kinango subcounty and hosts famous Banghali Shah Mosque Mosque. Kinango subcounty police commander Fredrick Ombaka said one woman called an outsider who in turn informed the officers about their confinement. Six teenagers have been identified as Meimun Ali ,16, Nimo Issack, 15, Rahman Issack Abdinoor, 18, Hafsa Issack Abdinoor, 17, Sumea Yusuf, 19 and Fatima Ibrahim Hussein aged 17.

Source: The Star April 18, 2020 10:30 UTC