Two British Nationals Arrested in Kenya for Alleged Links with Militant Outfit Al Shabaab

NAIROBI, Kenya (Oct. 18) – Police sources have confirmed the detention of two British nationals in Kenya on account of their alleged links with militant outfit al Shabaab.

Two British Nationals Arrested in Kenya for Alleged Links with Militant Outfit Al Shabaab 

Deputy police spokesman Charles Owino told that there were two British citizens who were arrested yesterday.

"We suspect that they are coordinating the activities of al Shabaab or maybe they were passing on information to these people," Owino further said.

The two Brits, believed to be from Welsh capital Cardiff, were arrested on Sunday near the Somalian border where a British woman Judith Tebbut was abducted and her husband David was killed at their holiday resort last month.

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Recently quite a few foreigner have been kidnapped including two Spanish aid workers and a French on his holiday trip. No body has yet claimed the responsibility but al Shabaab is believed to be on the back of such kidnaps.

Although al Shabaab has refuted their involvement in the kidnappings; but Kenya has started an army action into western Somalia to kill the growing threat of militants.