Some 6,100 police and soldiers looked for illegal immigrants and suspected Shabaab members as well as weapons and explosives in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighborhood; Somali leaders in Kenya opposed the sweeps. Hassan Mahati Omar, a Muslim cleric in Eastleigh, and his wife Fardosa Mohammed Abdi were found guilty of belonging to a Kenyan Shabaab cell and possessing two hand grenades. Mombasa police dispersed protesters after speakers at the Shuhadaa mosque (formerly Masjid Musa) urged Muslims to avenge the death of Shabaab-linked cleric Abubakar Shariff a.k.a. Makaburi by beheading non-Muslims. Leaflets promoting jihad were distributed in Mandera county.
