Iranian terrorist with most dangerous explosive jailed in Kenya

PHOTO | CORRESPONDENT Iranian terror suspects Ahmed Mohammed and Sayed Mansour are led to the Milimani prison cells after the judgement of a case in which they were found guilty of possessing explosive materials.

“Kenyans should thank God for saving our country before the Iranians struck. Were it not for the swift action by the anti-terrorist security agents, who thwarted the Iranians in their tracks before they unleashed mayhem on innocent people, massive destruction would have been occasioned.”

This were the words of magistrate Kiarie in 2013 when delivering a verdict on two Iranians suspected to be international terrorists and found in possession of 100 kg of RDX explosive materials that had been shipped into the country from Iran through the port of Mombasa.

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RDX is one of the world’s most powerful conventional explosives. RDX was developed by the US military during World War II and is now believed by many to cause cancer.

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a Court of Appeal ruling which had freed them and said that the two will serve their sentence and upon competition repatriated to Iran.

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The suspects had been freed by the Court of Appeal on second appeal, but were later arrested after the government moved to the Supreme Court.

The two, through Senior Counsel Ahmednassir Abdullahi, urged the court to dismiss the appeal arguing that the application was ll-considered.

Their arrest was a result of intelligence reports which indicates that a consignment of 85kg of explosives remained uncovered and was supected to have been planning to harm innocent Kenyans.

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In his submissions, Mr Ahmednasir said the appeal was frivolous and based on shaky ground. He said the prosecution had tried to shift the burden to the Iranians after claiming that they led the police to the spot where the explosives were discovered.

“The burden of proof does not shift at any point in criminal cases whether the accused persons talk or not. The prosecution must discharge the burden,” he said.

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He said it was not the business of the accused persons to help the police conduct investigations.

Mr Abolfathi and Mr Mousavi were set free in January after the Court of Appeal quashed their 15-year jail term stating that there was no sufficient evidence to link them to the bomb making material recovered in 2012.

They had been accused of being in possession of a lethal explosive identified as RDX.

A Nairobi court sentenced them to life imprisonment which was reduced to 15-years after an appeal at the High Court. The sentenced was later quashed on the second appeal.

Justices David Maraga, Mohamed Ibrahim, Jackton Ojwang’, and Njoki Ndung’u, Smokin Wanjala and Isaac Lenaola heard the appeal.

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