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Why top foreign jihadists turned Kenya into terrorists' playground

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People leave a hotel at the scene of an explosion in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on January 15, 2019, in Kenya. - The Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia claimed responsibility for an ongoing attack in the Kenyan capital, according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activities. [AFP]

In 2011, as the threat of terrorism in the country became a major challenge, intelligence briefs started to capture reports of the arrival of highly trained foreign jihadists from the UK, Egypt, Canada, and Belgium.

Jermaine John Grant, aka Peter Joseph, aka Shawan, who was repatriated to the UK on Thursday, after serving a nine-year jail term, was flagged by Kenya police and Interpol.

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