Ali Kiai Gitonga was released on Thursday evening, a few hours after
his family moved to court demanding that he be charged. The family had
expressed fears over his life, saying they had not spoken to him for two
weeks. They said they feared he could be executed by the police.
Mbugua
Mureithi, the family’s lawyer, told the court that he had received
confirmation from the police that Gitonga had been released without any
charges being preferred against him.
“Following this development,
he is now interested in suing the state for what he endured during the
14 days he was unlawfully held,” the lawyer told the court.
Gunshot wounds
Gitonga’a wife Khadija Mutuli Mohammed, who was in court, confirmed that her husband had been released.
She said he was still recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during the Westgate attack.
Khadija said her husband now walks with a limp following the incident.
The family had on Tuesday told the court that Gitonga was shot by police during the rescue operation at Westgate, before being framed as one of the terrorists.
Meanwhile,
a Mombasa court has ordered that a terror suspect who was found in
possession of explosives be remanded in police custody for four days.
Mombasa
Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo ordered Swaleh Abdallah Said
to be remanded at Makupa Police Station to allow Anti-terrorism police
to complete their investigations.
Abdallah, who was arrested at Likoni on Thursday at 7am, has denied that on October 10 at 7.40am in Likoni he was found in possession of explosives.
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