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Police officers man a roadblock at Gamba Police Station in Tana River in March 2020.

| Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

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Former terror recruit: Why I’m hiding from police and Al-Shabaab

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By  Stephen Oduor

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Ali was part of the al-Shabaab group that attacked an entourage of Kenya Defence Forces on the Ijara border when heavy crossfire ensued.

For the last four years, Ali has lived with scars of bullets on his thighs. The scars are a constant reminder of the day he missed death by a whisker.

Ali was part of the Shabaab group that attacked an entourage of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on the Ijara border when heavy crossfire ensued.

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