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Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Isaya Mngulu
Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is now interrogating a man who is part of a group of recently arrested individuals for claiming affiliation to the Somali terrorist group, Al-Shabaab.
State Attorneys Brenda Nicki and Adolph Mkini submitted a request for the same before Senior Resident Magistrate Emilius Mchauru of the Kisutu Magistrates Court mid this week in Dar es Salaam.
After hearing and considering the request, Magistrate Mchauru granted the prosecutors wish and ordered the accused handed over to the DCI for interrogation.
The case was then adjourned to next week, August 13 pending completion of ongoing investigations.
Mtweve is one of four arrested persons held by police for claiming membership with Al-Shabaab. Others are Ally Othman Rashid, Shabani Bakari Waziri and Faraji Ali Ramadhani.
According to the charge sheet it was alleged that, between January 1, and September 16, last year the four accused professed to be members of Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group that has conducted attacks in the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Kenya and Republic of Somalia.
One of the accused, Ally Othman Rashid, is charged with a separate count of recruiting the other three to be members of the group.
The prosecution alleged that the recruitment was committed in the same period at Masjid Noor in Tegeta Kibaoni, Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam, within the United Republic of Tanzania.
On October 8, last year, the police in Mtwara Region arrested 11 people suspected of taking part in an Al-Shabaab military training exercise.
In November last year another terrorism related case was filed with the Kisutu Magistrates Court.
The case involved 16 suspects, Nassoro Hamad Abdallah, Hassan Bakari Suleiman, Anthari Humoud Ahmed, Mohamed Isihaka Yusuph, Abdallah Hassan Hassan, alias Jibaba, Hussein Mohamed Ally, Juma Sadala Juma, Said Kassim Ally and Hamis Amour Salum.
Others are Said Amour Salum, Abubakar Abdallah Mngodo, Salum Ali Salum, Salum Amour Salum, Alawi Othman Amir, Rashid Ali Nyange, alias Mapala and Amir Hamis Juma.
In this group, the accused, Jihad Swalehe is charged separately, he is facing conspiracy and promoting and facilitating commission of terrorist acts contrary to section 22 (1), (a), (ii) of the prevention of terrorism Act number 21 of 2002.
Also, at the end of July this year, two accused Kassim Salum Nassoro and Said Shehe Sharifu appeared in court charged with conspiracy to commit an offence and recruitment of persons to participate in terrorist acts.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
