POLICE ANTI-TERROR SWOOP MOVES TO SOUTH C

Police on Monday night raided South C estate in Nairobi in an ongoing operation to flush out illegal immigrants and suspected terrorist cells.

The door to door search was conducted for hours, with police arresting people who did not have valid identification documents.

This is the first time the police crackdown has extended beyond Eastleigh in the city

Several South C residents took to twitter to complain of police harassment and demands for bribes.

Mohamed Osman 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.

There have also been claims of innocent Kenyans being rounded up and locked up in the operation.

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