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Eric Gethi Kanyingi, 26, Force Number 97861, GSU Recce Squad Kenya, Went AWOL 2014 |
Summary
Eric Gethi Kanyingi, a 26 year old, Elite Kenyan Paramilitary GSU Recce ex-officer who is a highly trained hostage and rescue officer, was reported to have been planning a terror attack at the GSU Ruiru RECCE, Kiambu County, headquarters among other targets. He joined the unit in 2013 and is Force Number 97861, he went AWOL after two years in the service.
Githurai 45, Nairobi, Kenya - Thursday, 4th August 2016 - The Kenyan police on the morning of Thursday, August 4, intercepted weapons belonging to an ex-RECCE squad officer at raid in Githurai 45
In the wee hours of Thursday, August 4 the Kenyan police intercepted three AK 47 rifles and 178 bullets. They belonged to a 26-year-old former RECCE squad officer who is suspected to have been radicalised by the militant Islamic group al-Shabaab.
The police who were responding to a tip-off that the officer was planning an attack on among other targets, the GSU RECCE headquarters in Ruiru, Nairobi.
The ex-cop who is said to be a highly trained hostage and rescue officer managed to escape in the dawn attack, leaving behind, his weapons.
Weapons Cache
- 3 AK 47 Rifles
- 178 Bullets
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| Weapons Cache Recovered From Eric Gethi Kanyingi's House in Githurai, 45 |
The weapons which were previously sewn inside a mattress, TUKO.co.ke has learnt, were recovered dumped away from the house in a sack near the Ruiru river.
The suspect reportedly dumped the weapons after learning that detectives were on his trail.
The suspect was identified in police documents as police constable Eric Gethi Kanyingi, Force Number 97861 who went AWOL from the RECCE squad in 2015.
Detectives from the Ruiru police station carried out a raid of his Githurai 45 house at the dawn of Thursday, August 4, where they recovered literature material that suggests that the former officer had been radicalised.
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Part of the materials he was reading were newspaper excerpts of the WestGate terror attack which claimed hundreds of lives- an attack that the al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.
The officers who conducted the raid told TUKO.co.ke that the former officer was previously sighted at the Riyadh Mosque which has been in the limelight for allegations radicalisation.
George Kinoti, the police spokesman has said that officers had been deployed to hunt down Kanyingi who is a well-known criminal.
The raid came in the wake of police reports that key officers in the Kenyan police force had been radicalised and were working in cahoots with criminals.
Last month, a radicalized officer opened fire on his colleagues at the Kapenguria Police Station killing 7 people in the 8-hour attack.
Courtesy of Tuko
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