The man, 60-year-old Andre Mayer Hanekom who runs a maritime business in the northern town of Palma, was arrested in August. He was named by prosecutors on Monday as one of the leaders of a jihadist group operating in the country’s gas-rich north, alongside two Tanzanian nationals and two locals. But Hanekom’s wife Francis on Saturday dismissed the allegations against him, insisting he had “nothing to do” with any jihadist groups. At a search of his home in November, investigators had found machetes, arrows and gunpowder, the documents said. “Someone is being accused of terrorism and police wait three months to investigate his home?” she said.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2019 11:26 UTC