Kenya places Bounty on fleeing dangerous Inmates

The authorities in Kenya have placed a bounty on three “armed and dangerous” inmates who escaped from a prison where they were being held on terrorism-related charges.

The three are Mohamed Ali Abikar, Musharaf Abdalla, and Joseph Juma Odhiambo.

One of them, Abikar was involved in the ‘Garissa University attack’ on 2 April 2015 that left more than 100 students dead.

Abdalla was being detained in connection with a ‘failed attack on Kenya’s parliament’ and Odhiambo had been arrested for ‘recruiting youths into al-Shabab militant group,’ a wanted notice by the police said.

The inmates escaped from the Kamiti Maximum Prison on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, on Monday at 01:00 local time.

The police are offering 60m Kenya shillings, $535,000:£398,000, reward for information leading to the arrest of all the three.

Kenya has in the past suffered terrorism attacks planned and executed by al-Shabab militants.

BBC /Shakirat Sadiq