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BRITON ON TRIAL OVER KENYA PLOT(MWINGEREZA ASHTAKIWA KWA KUPANGA MASHAMBULIZI NCHINI KENYA)

A British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist militants is to go on trial in Kenya for allegedly plotting a bomb attack.Jermaine Grant, 29, made his first appearance in court on Thursday, amid chaotic scenes in the coastal city of Mombasa.Police say that when they raided the house Mr Grant was staying in last year, they found ingredients needed to make a bomb: hydrogen peroxide and ammonium nitrate, as well as batteries and electrical switches.Mr Grant, from Newham in east London, was first detained in Kenya near the Somali border in 2008, but escaped police custody.

He is said to have been sprung from a police station by a group of militants belonging to al-Shabab.
Sources:TZMPAKAAU,BBC and Al Jazeera