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DSS bursts ISIS cell in Kano, arrest 5
The Department of State Services, DSS, Thursday, said it has busted an Islamic State, ISIS, training Cell in Kano and arrested five suspects who were on their way to Libya and other African States.
This was disclosed by the Kano State Director of DSS, Abdullahi Bello Chiranchi, adding that the arrest was a significant break through at frustrating moves by terrorists from making Kano an ISIS training ground.
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According to Chiranci, those arrested were indigenes of Kogi State moving to Libya, Morocco and other places that might have traces of ISIS fighters.
Chiranci however failed to give details of the suspected ISIS members on transit to Libya but insisted that their arrest is a significant one.
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