Kenyan court detains terror suspect for aiding Al-Shabaab

A Kenyan court has ordered detention of a suspect accused of collecting intelligence information between Kenya and Ethiopia with intention of feeding such information to Al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia.

The Mandera court heard late Tuesday that the accused, Mohamed Ali Korana who hails from Rhamu Sub County, was arrested by the Ethiopian authorities and handed over to security agents in Mandera, a northeastern Kenyan county that borders Ethiopia.

Korana has been accused of gathering intelligence information that has been used by the Islamist militants to carry out terror attacks in the East African nation especially near the border with Somalia.

The prosecution led by police constable Charles Muita of the Anti-Terror Police Unit asked for seven days to conclude investigations.

Mandera Resident Magistrate Duncan Mtai granted the application fixing the mention of the case on April 6.

Ethiopian security agents have been on high alert in protecting the country from terrorism, despite Mandera being hit by series of Al-Shabaab attacks. Neighboring Suftu in Ethiopia has never been attacked by the Al-Shabaab.

Kenya is currently building the 700 kilometre wall on the Kenya-Somalia border from Mandera to Kiunga in the coast to keep out the Al-Shabaab elements from infiltrating the county from Somalia.

Kenyan officials say the security wall will provide a long term security efforts to secure the border, adding that once the wall's construction is completed, it will only be crossed through the appropriate border points. Endit