.Two men being members of the terror group Al-Shabaab were on Thursday sentenced to 25 years in jail
.The two were found with seven bombs, 36 hand grenades and an AK47 rifle on February 15, 2018
.The two were convicted for possession of weapons for terrorist purposes contrary to section 12 (a) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) of 2012
Two men being members of the terror group Al-Shabaab were on Thursday sentenced to 25 years in jail each.
Abdimajit Hassan and Mohamed Osman Nane were arrested in Merti Sub-county, Isiolo County, after they were found with bombs, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and an assortment of firearms and ammunition.
They were handed the penalty by Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Zeinab Abdul who found them guilty of being members of the terror group and of having firearms intended for use in a terror attack.
The court noted that the jail term will factor in the time they have spent in police custody – since February 2018 meaning they have 19 years left.
The two were found with seven bombs, 36 hand grenades and an AK47 rifle on February 15, 2018.
Prosecution counsel Allen Mûlama told the court to consider that the explosives would have caused destruction within a radius of 350 metres but did not disclose where in Nairobi the attack was to be carried out.
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The two were convicted for possession of weapons for terrorist purposes contrary to section 12 (a) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) of 2012.
Abdul had acquitted them of charges of conspiring to carry out a terror attack.
