A police officer based at Vigilance House and who investigators believe is fanning online terrorism will remain in custody until August 4.
Senior resident magistrate Miriam Mugure yesterday allowed the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit to continue holding Waiss Abdulaziz for one month to allow investigations to be completed.
Abdulaziz, who is attached to the National Disaster Management Unit, was arrested on July 1 at Vigilance House on suspicions of having links with al Shabaab. He was produced in court, but was not required to take a plea as investigations are not complete.
State lawyer Duncan Ondimu told the court that investigations carried out so far show he is an active social media user and he has used his Facebook account on numerous occasions to support terrorism activities. “The messages he posts on his Facebook account are meant to encourage and radicalise other persons to commit acts of terrorism,” Ondimu said.
The court heard that on June 28, the officer posted “I’m bound to die and kill a number of people in the process”.
In an earlier post on June 5, the suspect posted “I’m going to face death very soon”.