The 13 youth were
reportedly abducted during a fishing expedition in Malindi before being
transferred to the neighbouring country.
Kilifi County
Commissioner Magu Mutindika on Tuesday said the youth hail from Kilifi and
Lamu Counties.
“Eleven of
them are from Kilifi and two come from Lamu. What we have established is that
they had been obliviously recruited into Al Shabaab. They were promised money
and jobs but when they reached Ras Kamboni that is when they realised they were
joining the outlawed group,” said the county commissioner.
According
to Mr. Mutindika, the youth had been recruited into the militant group where
they are said to have been tortured and subjected to different extremist
activities.
The Kilifi
County Commissioner said the youth were abducted by three suspects, two of whom
are known to the police and are being hunted down.
The youth
are now being held by police in Malindi where they were handed over by the
military as investigations continue.
Reviewed by KUSAGANEWS
on
May 01, 2018
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