Two Kenyans with Iran Links Arrested for Plotting Attacks

November 28, 2015

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Reuters

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Kenyan authorities arrested two Kenyan men with ties to Iran's Qods Force on suspicion of planning terror attacks in Nairobi.  According to Kenya's Interior Ministry, the two men, Abubakar Sadiq Louw and Yassin Sambai Juma, were conspiring to attack Western targets in the Kenyan capital, including hotels. Louw, 69, who is suspected of working for the Qods Force, allegedly recruited Juma, 25, in Nairobi and arranged for him to travel to Iran and meet a Qods Force contact.  Louw is a prominent member of Nairobi's Shi'ite Muslim community, the Interior Ministry said.