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| Kenya names gunmen who terrorised Westgate mall |
| 2014-02-08 |
| NAIROBI – A senior security official in Kenya on Thursday disclosed for the first time what authorities believe are the names of two previously unidentified gunmen who carried out the attack on a Nairobi mall, killing at least 67 people. The official [said] that the two are Ahmed Hassan Abubakar and Yahye Ahmed Osman. Authorities previously revealed the names of two other attackers as Abu Barat Al-Sudani — also known as Mohamed Hassan Dhuhulow — and Mohamed Abdinur Said. Dhuhulow had lived in Norway. All four attackers were believed to be ethnic Somalis. Dennis Brady, the FBI legal attache in Nairobi, said last month that the FBI, like Kenyan authorities, believes all four attackers died inside the mall. “Our ERT (Evidence Response Team) made significant finds, and there is no evidence that any of the attackers escaped from the area where they made their last stand,” Brady said, adding that a secure crime scene perimeter made an escape unlikely. The four gunmen arrived in Kenya in June and were previously in Somalia, officials have said. Four ethnic Somali men have been charged in Kenyan court with assisting the attackers. Their trials are ongoing. |
| Posted by:Steve White |