Imam’s widow jailed over Kenyan attack

MOMBASA, Kenya: A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced the widow of a radical imam to 10 years in prison for her role in a failed attack on a police station in the port city Mombasa. Haniya Said was found guilty of conspiracy for supporting an attack in which three women fire-bombed the city´s main police station on September 11, 2016, wielding knives and stabbing an officer. All three attackers were shot dead. “Guilty of the offence of conspiracy,” said magistrate Diana Mochache. “I hereby sentence you to 10 years in prison.” The attackers were said to be supporters of the Islamic State group.