BY SAM ALFAN.
Terror Suspect Momammed Hassan Sheik was in constant communication with the person who facilitated the movement of Violet Kemunto, wife of slain terrorist Ali Salim Gichunge to travel from Mandera to Somalia, court told.
Anti-Terror detective Inspector Shedrack Mumba told a Nairobi court that the user of the number that was in constant communication with Sheik. He said the suspect also received a luggage belonging to Kemunto on January 12.
While seeking for orders to detain the suspects, police told the court that another suspect Hussein Mohammed Abdille was arrested in possession of mobile phone number which was receipt of a parcel sent by Gichunge on 7 of July last year.
“The said number was used to register a Facebook account which was used by the coordinators of Dusit attack.
Terror suspect Mire Abdullahi alis Jerry is believed to have provided internet services to coordinators of Dusit attack.
“At the time of the arrest, a samsung Mobile phone ,Hormuud (Telecommunication Services Provider in Somalia), modern and Hawala transaction documents (suspected to have been financing terrorism activities within and outside Kenya),” Inspector Mumba told the duty court magistrate.
Detectives further told the court the suspect holds a passport which is believed to have been acquired fraudulently as the same passport number is allocated to a Persian.
Ali Issak Ahmed is believed to be a sub agent (manager of Mumtaz) to Faramacell Communication which registered a phone number at Mumtaz electronics shop in Mandera on 30 of November 2018 using the national identification card belonging to (Isnina Abdirahman Ali).
The sim card for the said number was recovered at the scene of Dusit Hotel which was used by the suicide bomber, Mahir.
They urged the court to allow them hold the suspects pending conclusion of investigations on their illegal terrorist activities.
Terror Suspect Momammed Hassan Sheik, Hussein Mohammed Abdille, Mire Abdullahi alis Jerry, Ali Issak Ahmed and Yusuf Maulid Hamud were detained for 21 days pending investigations.
