Authorities in Kenya have placed a bounty on three suspects who have been described as ‘armed and dangerous’ inmates who escaped from a prison where they were being held on terrorism-related charges.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the three suspects have been identified as Mohamed Ali Abikar, Musharaf Abdalla, and Joseph Juma Odhiambo.
One of them, Abikar was involved in the Garissa University attack on 2 April 2015 that left more than 100 students dead.
Abdalla was being detained in connection with a failed attack on Kenya’s parliament and Odhiambo had been arrested for recruiting youths into al-Shabab militant group, a wanted notice by the police said.
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The inmates escaped from the Kamiti Maximum Prison on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, on Monday at 01:00 local time.
The police are offering 60m Kenya shillings ($535,000:£398,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of all the three.
Kenya has in the past suffered terrorism attacks planned and executed by al-Shabab militants.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced plans to travel to Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal next week, where he is expected to discuss ways to end the Covid-19 pandemic and battle climate change.
According to a statement made available by his spokesman, Blinken will meet with the president of each country to ‘advance US-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities,’ state department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
Other topics of conversation on the agenda for the Monday to Saturday trip include revitalizing democracies, advancing peace and security, and a more inclusive global economy, Price said.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
