Kenyan forces, including aircraft, searched the forests of Gorji and Belasange in Lamu county, looking for suspected Shabaab fighters who have attacked and raided villages and farms in the area. During a raid in the forests of Kilifi county, seven members of the secessionist MRC were arrested, and guns and weapons were confiscated; some 1,000 youths were arrested in a separate security operation. On July 11, gunmen in Mombasa murdered prominent businessman Mohamed Shahid Butt, who was to face trial next month on charges of financing the radicalization of Muslim youth.
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