"He is wanted by the Anti-Terrorism Police. He is a trained pilot on mission to carry out aviation attacks. Currently he is in Somalia and is planning on how to sneak back into Kenya. If seen, report to any nearest security agency," police said in an alert issued on Tuesday.
Al Shaabab, the terror group based in Somalia, has been on the receiving end of continuous
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s on its bases that has left several commanders dead. Kenyan security agencies now believe that the krazed killer group is planning airstrikes to avenge the deaths of their colleagues, adding that it has trained pilots to carry this out.
TRAINED AS PILOTS
Having joined al-Shaabab in 2015, Mr Rashid, along with his friend identified as Cholo Abdi Abdulla, were trained as pilots in the Philipines. Cholo, however, is in US police custody.
The two became very close friends. Compared to their fellow operatives, their training and skillsets were much higher.
Together, the two are said to have conducted numerous attacks in Somalia shortly after training in Boni along the Kenyan coast. It is in Boni that their skills were noted and they were selected for an aviation course.
Security forces reported that the duo were close friends with Salim Gichunge Osman, the leader of the Dusit D2 attack that took place in January 2019 at Riverside, Nairobi. They also had a cordial relationship with Osman Gedi, another Dusit attacker.