NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan court is allowing police to continue detaining five people who allegedly were planning to attack a Nairobi courthouse so a Muslim cleric facing terror charges could escape.
The Anti-Terrorism Police Unit said the suspects had a plot to attack the Milimani Laws Courts building in the capital when Sheik Guyo Gorsa was expected to appear on terrorism and related charges.
Gorsa, a Muslim religious leader, was arrested in January in Marsabit County. After his arrest, local residents destroyed a Catholic church and a bank.
The escape plot suspects were arrested in mid-February after police allegedly spotted a vehicle laden with explosives and weapons hidden in a thicket in the county of Isiolo.
The court ruled they could be held for another 30 days on Friday.
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