It is emerging that the man being held by police over the incident was arrested and released without charge last December. Sylvester Opiyo had been touted as a key suspect during the heightened alert during the Christmas festivities but was later freed, days after he surrendered to the police. But in the latest arrest, police caught up with him, just as he moved into a new house, a day after the attack.
Atleast ten people have been injured in a grenade attack in Mtwapa, fifteen kilomertes north of Mombasa. Police say the attackers targeted people at an open prayer crusade in Kandara. Sources say emergency services are responding to the suspected terror attack. The incident occurred at 7:30pm Saturday evening, 31.03.2012.
The ongoing investigations into the weekend grenade attacks in Mombasa and Mtwapa point towards a Somali link. Police now say the Somalia terror group Al-Shabaab may not have been involved in the bombings.
Imagine what impact a 500kilogram bomb would have were it to explode near year. Well, the anti terror police unit in Mombasa is working on an immediate evacuation of a bomb thought to have been dropped in the ocean during the world wars.
Security has been beefed up on key installations within Mombasa. The government has assured its citizens of heightened security ahead of the Easter holidays especially at the coast.
