Kenya: Fazul Man Was Freed By Local Court

Nairobi — A Kenyan killed alongside terror mastermind Fazul Abdullah in Somalia last week had been arrested by police in Mombasa four years ago, but set free by a court.

The arrest of Musa Hussein Abdi, better known as Dheere, in December 2007 came during police operations targeting al Shabaab and al Qaeda operatives hiding in Kenya.

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