By Albert Tumwine | Daily Monitor, Uganda
7 April 2015
Police at the weekend arrested a man of Somali origin but based in Kenya suspected to be an agent of the al-Shabaab militants.
The arrest was conducted after students at Ark Hostel in Wandegeya, informed police of a suspicious man taking pictures of the hostel.
Security has been on high alert following attacks on a Kenyan university leaving 148, mostly students dead.
Mr Fred Enanga, the police spokesman, told Daily Monitor the suspect was being interrogated for his “suspicious actions.”
Mr Fred Enanga, the police spokesman, told Daily Monitor the suspect was being interrogated for his “suspicious actions.”
“He was found with pictures of the hostel and several pictures of warfare, including one in which he held a human head,” Mr Enanga said yesterday.
He said the suspect had been vending expensive fragrance and watches around the hostel where he was picked over the weekend.
“We want to find out from him why he had a particular interest in a students’ hostel given the intelligence we got that terrorists are interested in harming educational institutions and facilities,” he added.
Terror threat
Police last Friday issued fresh terror alerts following an attack on Garissa University College in Kenya on April 2, which the al-Shaabab claimed responsibility.
Police warned that the attackers were now planning to harm Uganda whose soldiers have been fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia since 2007.
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