by Benson Agoha
Authorities in Kenya have stepped their assault on terrorist strongholds in the capital city, Nairobi, in the face of grenade attacks in some parts of the capital.
* Kenyan Anti-Terror Police officers during a swoop in Eastleigh, Nairobi where grenade attacks are reported.
Media reports said police raided an estate known as `South C Estate' in Nairobi on Monday night in an operation designed to target suspected terrorists cells and illigal immigrants.
Reports from the Nairobi News said a door to door search that lasted several hours was conducted and police arrested "people who did not have valid identification documents".
The operation which has previously been restricted to Eastleigh in the city is being extended for the first time, the paper said.
Taking advantage of modern technology, several residents of the South C Estate took to twitter to complain of police harassment and demands for bribes, according to the paper.
One of the tweets was sent by Mohamed Osman who tweeted: “Police conducting house to house search in Akiba and Mugoya in South C. ID AND Ksh 5,000 are accepted as valid identification documents.”
"The police crackdown, dubbed Operation Usalama Watch, is in its second week now following twin grenade attacks in Eastleigh."
* Follow me on Twitter: @bensonagoha or @woolwichonline.
* Photo Credit: JA/NN
Authorities in Kenya have stepped their assault on terrorist strongholds in the capital city, Nairobi, in the face of grenade attacks in some parts of the capital.
* Kenyan Anti-Terror Police officers during a swoop in Eastleigh, Nairobi where grenade attacks are reported.Media reports said police raided an estate known as `South C Estate' in Nairobi on Monday night in an operation designed to target suspected terrorists cells and illigal immigrants.
Reports from the Nairobi News said a door to door search that lasted several hours was conducted and police arrested "people who did not have valid identification documents".
The operation which has previously been restricted to Eastleigh in the city is being extended for the first time, the paper said.
Taking advantage of modern technology, several residents of the South C Estate took to twitter to complain of police harassment and demands for bribes, according to the paper.
One of the tweets was sent by Mohamed Osman who tweeted: “Police conducting house to house search in Akiba and Mugoya in South C. ID AND Ksh 5,000 are accepted as valid identification documents.”
"The police crackdown, dubbed Operation Usalama Watch, is in its second week now following twin grenade attacks in Eastleigh."
* Follow me on Twitter: @bensonagoha or @woolwichonline.
* Photo Credit: JA/NN
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