Hapana Mola apaswae kuabudiwa kwa haki ila Allah na Muhammad ni mjumbe wake
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By WILLIS OKETCH and NGUMBAO KITHI
Mombasa, Kenya: Police in
Mombasa say it may take them two months to sift through the treasure trove of information seized from the controversial Musa Mosque after Sundays violent clashes.
Sources told The Standard investigators are sifting through documents and analysing electronic information seized from militants after the deadly clashes with a group reportedly attending a jihadist convention.
And preliminary reports indicate the material has valuable information reports indicate the material has valuable information that could be used to uncover terror suspects.
A top security official warned that more raids on other mosques would follow adding that police have a right to storm any place where they suspect a crime is being committed.
Reports also emerged that the crier of the nearby and equally controversial Sakina Mosque was among those killed in Sundays raid.
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Militant sources warned that radicals would try to hold another convention on Sunday.
Police believe they have struck invaluable information and identities of suspects that will enable them establish a database of militants, their residences, ages, nationalities network and plans.
Reports show that no less than a dozen foreigners, especially from Tanzania and the Comoros are among the detainees at Shimo la Tewa Prison.
Jihadist flags
Besides an AK-47 rifle, machetes and other iron implements, police also captured jihadist flags, stun guns and hundreds of textbooks in a secret cabinet, as well as maps, registers, pictures and information on alleged spies and Muslim traitors and terrorist training manuals hidden in toilets, bathrooms and under carpets.
One document, reportedly contains names of militants across East Africa, even as far as Burundi, while one audio tape allegedly calls for Muslims to volunteer to attack countries allegedly oppressing Muslims in Somalia, an apparent reference to nations contributing peacekeeping troops to Somalia.
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