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Kenya arrests 3 women over terrorism links

Kenyan authorities confirmed on Sunday they are holding three women suspected to be suicide bombers in the coastal city of Mombasa.

Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa said the three were arrested in Elwak town on the Kenya-Somalia border as they attempted to sneak into Somalia to join Al-Qaida allied Somalia militants.

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