More than 1,000 Somalis are being held by Kenyan police in a soccer stadium, according to reports, after being arrested in a week-long sweep through Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood, which has a large Somali population. Over 3,000 Somalis have been detained in the last week, as police say the arrests are part of a security operation to rout out terrorists.
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