41 Masjid Musa Mosque Suspects Freed

The forty one were released by Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo after the prosecution failed to come up with sufficient evidence.

Twenty nine other suspects were however granted a bond of Ksh 500,000 each and a surety of similar amounts pending their trial.

The suspects denied seven terrorism related charges preferred against them including being members of the Al shabaab militia group.

At least six people among them a GSU officer were killed during the mosque attack.

On the 6th of February, the Mombasa High Court released unconditionally all the children under the age of 12 who were arrested during the raid on the 2nd of the same month.

Judge Martin Muya said, “Under section 14 of the penal code, children under the age of 12 years are not responsible for any act of crime unless they are found in the act and proven to have committed the offence. Children under the age of 12 should be unconditionally discharged while those over 12 years should be remanded in juvenile cells.”

The release comes after pressure mounted on the police from both the public and the courts to produce a suspect who was arrested by the police but disappeared, not to be seen again.

The police however defended themselves saying the suspect escaped while in custody.

Elsewhere in Kiembeni, Mombasa County, three people were seriously injured after assailants attacked two churches.

By Beth Nyaga

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