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    "content": "2. Sheikh Swalleh. 3. Sheikh Khalid. 4. Sheikh Ibraheem. 5. Sheikh Saeed. 6. Sheikh Mohamed. 7. Sheikh Fureiha. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, subsequently, the County Security advised against holding of such a meeting. Pursuant to that advice, the County Police Commander advised the targeted audience; the youth against attending. A ban of the meeting was subsequently issued and the conveners were advised to cancel the conference. There was also intelligence that the conference’s sole objective was recruitment and radicalization of the youth to join Al Shabaab terrorist cells in Somalia. On Sunday, 2nd February, 2014, the radical and defiant youth assembled at the Masjid Musa Mosque for the conference in total defiance to the police ban. At about 1.00 p.m., police officers went to the mosque and found banners and flags bearing images of rifles hoisted all over the mosque and across the roads adjacent to the mosque. The black flags resembled those used by Al Shabaab. The police officers called out using public address system, for the conveners of the conference to come out for a peaceful resolution of the issue, but instead the officers were met by a hail of bullets and stones coming from the mosque. The County Commander then read out a proclamation after which police threw teargas into the mosque to disperse the conveners and participants, but they continued firing and hurling stones at the police. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the police realized that these were not ordinary conference participants but armed militants. Therefore, the County Commander ordered the officers to storm the mosque and disperse, and or arrest the participants and conveners. During the confrontation, the radical youth stabbed two GSU officers; Police Constable Thadeus Mutuku and Police Constable Peter Makemba, at the waist and neck respectively where unfortunately the latter later succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment. The youths also grabbed a G3 rifle from one of the injured officers and escaped with it into the mosque. After a four hour battle, police arrested 129 suspects while several others escaped. The Police Service is aware of the following deaths:- 1. Fuwad Abdallah, who died while undergoing treatment at the Coast General Hospital and; 2. Number 98056, Police Constable Peter Makemba. The following people were injured:- 1. Mohammed Ashman. 2. Mahid Khalid. 3. Hassan Ali who escaped while undergoing treatment at the hospital. The following items were recovered from the mosque, which are being held as exhibits: One AK 47 rifle, one G3 rifle which had been stolen from the fallen GSU officer, three laptops, three brick stones of tobacco snuff, several militant VCDs and DVDs, several swords and knives, several banners and flags bearing images of AK 47 rifles. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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