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State threatens to close mosques over terror links

Director of the Criminal Investigations Department Ndegwa Muhoro at a past Press conference in Jogoo House. He says the Coast region, Mombasa Road, Kayole and Komarock may be breeding areas for Al-Shabaab. [PHOTO: file/standard]
 Director of the Criminal Investigations Department Ndegwa Muhoro at a past Press conference in Jogoo House. He says the Coast region, Mombasa Road, Kayole and Komarock may be breeding areas for Al-Shabaab. [PHOTO: file/standard]

Kenya: The Government has warned that it will close mosques which are being used to radicalise youths to join terror groups like Al-Shabaab.

The Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Ndegwa Muhoro said some mosques are being used to recruit youths to join the group under the disguise that they were places of worship.

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