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Abdimajid Yasin Mohamed, 26, was charged alongside Omar Abdi Adan with 10 different counts of possessing deadly weapons/CFM

Kenya

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Police have called on dealers in motor vehicle and bicycle ball bearings to scrutinise their customers carefully as the explosives recovered were made from the materials.

According to the police, one of the suicide bomb vests has a capacity of killing over 70 people.

“The bearings used are very lethal especially when mixed with explosives. These ball bearings which are used as projectiles are easy to find in the market and so we appeal those who stock them to adopt a ‘know your customer’ policy on any person buying these things in large numbers,” advised the spokesman.

The police spokesman said that Nairobi would have been the likely target although various other towns with large populations would have been likely targets.

“We do not have the hard evidence on the likely targets… we are thinking of the traditional terrorism targets, places which are overcrowded but certainly not only in Nairobi,” he insisted adding that additional care must also be taken in entertainment spots.

The suicide bombs had been mounted on vests attached with mobile phones and batteries, which police said would have ignited a series of explosions.

“We do not have the hard evidence on the likely targets… we are thinking of the traditional terrorism targets, places which are overcrowded but certainly not only in Nairobi,” he insisted

Detectives from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit and Flying Squad said they stumbled on the weapons as they pursued information of four suspects of Somali origin who had brought in rifles.

The weapons are believed to have originated from Somalia. Six of the grenades are from China and the rest from Russia said the head of bomb disposal unit Eliud Lagat.

Each of the four rifles had four magazines with 30 bullets.

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The raid was conducted by detectives from the Anti-Terror Police Unit, Flying Squad and Special Crime Prevention Unit.

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