The authorities in Kenya have placed a bounty on three “armed and dangerous” inmates who escaped from a prison where they were being held on terrorism-related charges.
The three are Mohamed Ali Abikar, Musharaf Abdalla, and Joseph Juma Odhiambo.One of them, Abikar was involved in the Garissa University attack on 2 April 2015 that left more than 100 students dead.
Abdalla was being detained in connection with a failed attack on Kenya’s parliament and Odhiambo had been arrested for recruiting youths into al-Shabab militant group, a wanted notice by the police said.
The inmates escaped from the Kamiti Maximum Prison on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, on Monday at 01:00 local time.
The police are offering 60m Kenya shillings ($535,000:£398,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of all the three.
Kenya has in the past suffered terrorism attacks planned and executed by al-Shabab militants.
Source: BBC
