The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has confirmed the arrest of three suspects linked to the attack on All Saints’ Cathedral in Nairobi on Friday, June 12, after an intelligence-led operation.

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In a statement on Tuesday, June 16, the DCI said the three were arrested in different areas of Nairobi, bringing the total number of suspected attackers arrested so far to five.

This followed the earlier arrest of two other suspects linked to the same attack.

“Detectives from DCI Kilimani, working jointly with officers from the DCI Nairobi Regional Office, have arrested three suspects linked to the violent invasion of All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi, where an ongoing meeting was forcefully disrupted,” DCI stated in a statement.

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According to the detectives, they acted on intelligence leads and forensic analysis that led to the arrest.

During the operation, a motorcycle, believed to have been used in the attack, was also recovered and has been stored as evidence, together with mobile phones belonging to the suspects.

The development comes a day after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen revealed that all the attackers who stormed the place of worship disrupted a meeting that was underway and even robbed attendees.

According to CCTV footage at the church , the attackers stormed the church in two phases on Friday morning to disrupt a planned budget meeting led by civil organisations before the police dispersed them. Witnesses claimed the suspects stole at least two mobile phones from those at the venue.

The attack has since raised serious security questions, with civil society groups, the church, and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) calling on the government to respond and apprehend the suspects.

One of the suspected attackers revealed that the operation was planned by a popular Nairobi politician, paying them Ksh2,000 to carry out the attack.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke