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Four Somali suspects in Kenya 2014 airport blast acquitted
[STRAITSTIMES] Four Somali men charged over an kaboom at a coffee shop at Nairobi's international airport in 2014 were acquitted Monday (Jan 22) due to lack of evidence.The men had denied they were members of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab ...  Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...Islamist group and had carried out the attack, which came four months after gunnies struck the capital's Westgate mall, killing at least 67 people. There were no casualties in the blast at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, which police initially blamed on a "loose light bulb" falling into a waste paper basket. After a bullet-ridden car containing a dead body and explosives was found the following morning at a housing estate near the airport, they were obliged to change their story. Magistrate Roselyn Oganyo said the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against Hassan Abdi Mohammed, Mohammed Osman Ali, Yusuf Warsame and Garad Hassan Fer. "Having considered the evidence adduced before court I find that the prosecution failed to prove its case against each of the accused persons beyond any reasonable doubt," she ruled. The magistrate acquitted them of more than 12 counts they faced, including being unlawfully present in the country and possessing explosives. Posted by: Fred 2018-01-23 |
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