Fear as Class eight Boy Disappears from home, leaves a chilling letter About Al Shabaab behind

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Eric Mwandiki is a worried man. He is fidgety and the look of fear is clearly etched on his face.

The source of his agitation is a crumbled note in his hand from his 13-year-old son who wants to join the Al Shabaab that is responsible for several attacks in Kenya, the most recent being the Nairobi’s 14 Riverside Drive attack which left 21 people dead.

Mwandiki claims his son ran away from home in Kutus Mjini, Kirinyaga county, to join the terror group in Somalia.

He says his son walked out of their home on Thursday night at around 7.30 pm, leaving his one-year-old brother alone.

The Standard Eight Pupil at Bridges School in Kutus, scribbled the chilling note in capital letters and even had the decency to apologise for stealing money for “fare” to Somalia.

“Mum please forgive me but I had to go, sacrifice my life for your own safety because someone will kill you if I don’t go there. I took the money just for fare I love you all goodbye,” he wrote.

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It is the few words that have given his family grief and sent detectives in a rush against time to find him before it is too late.

Police in Kirinyaga are now investigating the teenager after he was arrested in Kimunye town, about 7 km from his home.

Mwandiki said his son—the first born—had developed strange behaviour in the recent past and had started to keep to himself.

His academic performance had also deteriorated, which worried his teachers and parents.

His father says he was always either position one or two in class but he had dropped to position 21, causing concern.

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