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Monday, September 23, 2013
Detectives put Westgate Shopping Mall tenants on spot as investigation takes new turn
This British Muslim Woman 'White Widow' Is Behind The Kenyan Mall
Bombing
this terror attack is stage managed it is not normal terror the jubilee
government must issue apolicy statement to kenyans exactly what was going on in
the country.
How comes the attackers issued a worrying statement before
started killing innocent non muslim individuals like dogs?
that if
cannot read arabic words they posted infront of peoples faces you are being
sprayed bullets and the MUSLIMS who read were left to walk free why why why why?
we demand alot of answers from the government truth will finally come
out.
Finally we demand to know why mr.kimaiyo cannot speak and why KDF
took control of every thing
I am
tempted to think we have been duped once again.The government could be
lying.This could be another scandal like the airport
fire
When we say we are branded bad
people.
Where is the truth
seriously......
Analyze these statements all
from government
We are in charge of the
building,we have clue who the terrorists are...we are in charge of all the
floors...we killed all the terrorists this morning and released all the
hostages,where are the released hostages???Could they have been dispatched home
without counselling and treatment after being held for 3 days,where are the
bodies of the attackers,who are they,Why is the army involved and not the
police??/why is Kimaiyo not allowed to
speak??????????Hey is someone having the same thoughts as me..could it be a
desperate attempt to make the international community sympathize with a
government that lacks credibility in the eyes of the international
community...even as Kenyans have lost their
lives...........mhmhmhmmh
A British woman is thought to be among
militants who killed at least 62 people at a Kenyan shopping centre, the
country's foreign minister has said.
Her comments have fuelled
speculation about the possible involvement in the attack of British terror
suspect Samantha Lewthwaite - the widow of 7 July suicide bomber Germaine
Lindsay.
She is known to be in East Africa and is wanted by Kenyan police
over alleged links to a terrorist cell that planned to bomb the country's
coast.
But government officials have advised caution when it comes to Ms
Lewthwaite's possible involvement in the Nairobi Westgate shopping complex
attack.
This British Muslim Woman
'White Widow' Is Behind The Kenyan Mall Bombing
Last
night, as the bodies were still being counted at the Kenyan shopping mall,
Kenyan anti-terror police have revealed that a 29 years old lady Samantha
Lewthwaite- who is known to many as the White Widow - may be the brains behind
the operation to bring terror to the heart of Kenya.
This is coming as
survivors have described how a woman in a veil appeared to be commanding
the other terrorists as they hunted down and killed non-Muslim
shoppers.
Samantha Lewthwaite, the daughter of a former British soldier
grew up as a normal teenager in Aylesbury before meeting Jermaine Lindsay, a
British Muslim, in an online chat room when she was 17. The pair married
three years later and views these awful killings as a cause for
jubilation.
Having converted to Islam as a young woman and married a man
who went on to be a 7/7 London suicide bomber, she has become a key figure in
the terror group behind this weekend's attack.
When her husband was named
as one of four suicide bombers who blew up Tube trains and a bus in 2005,
killing 52 people, Lewthwaite initially condemned her late husband's attack and
denied any knowledge of his plan. More than eight years later, Lewthwaite is
one of Al Qaeda's main recruiters in East Africa and is an official spokesman
for Al Shabaab (The People), the terrorist group behind the horror in
Nairobi
Known to her devoted followers as dada muzungu -- Swahili for
white sister -- Lewthwaite moved to Kenya with her three children in
2007. Lewthwaite has even been involved in training a group of all-female
suicide attackers at camps in lawless neighbouring
Somalia.
29 Feb 2012 - Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of one of
the July 7 bombers, Jermaine Lindsay, is thought to be on the run accused of
links with a terrorist ...youtube.com 2:22 1 year ago
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Body Count Shall Begin..............
very sad ? from the stories there was a lady
- where did she go, i read in another forum ati the security people are
saying there was no woman in the team of bastards/rats.
Young Kiss FM presenter Ruhila Adatia
perished with her six months old fetus too. She suffered gun shot wounds at
Westgate and died at the AgaKhan University Hospital.
Samantha Lewthwaite
responsible for Kenya mall attack?
A British terror suspect, known as the "white
widow" for her marriage to one of the 2005 London suicide bombers, may have been
involved in the attacks on a Nairobi mall.
'White Widow" terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite,
with her son and late husband, the London train bomber Germaine Lindsay.
Reports that the body of a white woman
terrorist had been recovered in the aftermath of the massacre at a Kenya mall
over the weekend sparked rumors that the wanted terror suspect Samantha
Lewthwaite was involved in the attack.
Lewthwaite is known as the "White Widow" for her marriage to Germaine
Lindsay, one of four bombers who blew up three subway trains and a bus in the
July 2005 bombings that killed 56 people in London. She is wanted by Kenyan
officials on terror charges.
A senior officer in the Kenyan intelligence source said video footage from
the attack at Westgate mall in Nairobi showed a white woman taken part. Later
another Kenyan intelligence officer and two soldiers claimed a white woman was
among the dead al-Shabaab terrorists.
A shop owner who was inside the mall claimed she also saw a white woman
among the attackers, and said she had pointed a gun at a shop assistant.
Lewthwaite, who has been on the run in East Africa for more than two years,
was fingered by Kenyan police after the discovery of a fake passport bearing her
photograph in a house linked to known terrorists. She has been charged in
absentia with planning attacks in Kenya in 2011, including on venues popular
with Westerners.
Sources at British agencies said they were also investigating the potential
involvement of a man called Abu Omar, an English speaker who may be British, who
has acted as spokesman for the Somali al-Shabaab terrorist group since the
attacks began Saturday.
Two other Londoners, Liban Adam, 23, and Ahmed Nasir Shirdoon, 24, were
named as attackers by the now-defunct Twitter account that claimed to speak for
al-Shabaab.
While military and police forces were still clearing the mall overnight
Monday, at least 68 people had been
killed and some were still being held hostage.
White widow claims intensify amid reports a white woman terrorist was killed
in Kenya attack
The prospect that British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite was involved in
the Kenya massacre intensified amid reports the body of a white woman terrorist
had been recovered.
Samantha Lewthwaite and Germaine Lindsay pose with
their son.Photo: SOLO
SYNDICATION
A Kenyan intelligence officer and two soldiers each claimed one of the
al-Shabaab terrorists who had been killed in the Westgate attack was a white
female.
Earlier, a senior Kenyan intelligence source said video footage from within
the complex did show a white woman among the attackers.
He said she was actively involved and believed to be British.
The Foreign Office and British spy agencies have already said they cannot
rule out the possibility that Lewthwaite, who is the widow of 7/7 suicide bomber
Germaine Lindsay, was involved but there was no evidence at this stage.
However, a senior Whitehall source said that it was likely it will emerge
that a woman of non-African descent and possibly Caucasian was among the
killers.
A shop owner in the Westgate complex also claimed a white woman pointed a
gun at one of her assistants.
Lewthwaite, who is already wanted in Kenya on terror charges, has been
dubbed the “white widow” because of her links to Lindsay, who blew up an
underground train at King's Cross in 2005, killing 26 people.
The UK spy agencies and counter-terrorism police are also investigating an
English speaking spokesman for the Somali-based al-Shabaab who has defended the
actions in mainstream media who appears to be British.
Abu Omar carried out a series of phone interviews insisting there would be
no negotiations with the group, who has taken hostages in the centre.
Two years ago a man calling himself Abu Omar and claiming to be British
appeared in a newspaper feature helping distribute food from al-Shabaab at a
Somali refugee camp.
A now-defunct Twitter account said to speak for al-Shabaab claimed on
Sunday that a Liban Adam, 23, and Ahmed Nasir Shirdoon, 24, both from London,
were among the Westgate killers but it has not been possible to verify.
Lewthwaite is already suspected of plotting to attack venues popular with
Westerners such as shopping centres and hotels in Kenya and has been on the run
in East Arica for almost two years.
She has been charged by the Kenyans in her absence of being part of a
terror cell, which allegedly involved other Britons, that planned attacks in the
country in 2011.
She has been regularly linked with al-Shabaab.
Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku
insisted that reports a woman was involved in the Westgate attack were wrong and
that some of the male terrorist has dressed up as women to get in to the
complex.
However, an intelligence source there signalled as yet unpublished CCTV
footage reveals the opposite.
Three other sources, an intelligence officer and two soldiers, told Reuters
that one of the killed attackers was a white woman.
State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu said
that "nothing is being ruled out" concerning Lewthwaite's possible involvement.
Is White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite dead? Woman terror suspect killed as troops storm Nairobi shopping centre
Investigators are trying to identify the body of a white woman found among the Islamic militants killed as troops stormed the complex
Prime suspect: Samantha Lewthwaite
Daily Mirror
The British terrorist dubbed the White Widow may have been shot dead by Kenyan soldiers after the Nairobi mall massacre.
Investigators are trying to identify the body of a white woman found among the Islamic militants killed as troops stormed the complex.
And there were claims that it could be fugitive mum-of-three Samantha Lewthwaite, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Experts believe she helped plan the bloodbath and may have been part of the masked gang that slaughtered 62 shoppers, including six Brits.
An intelligence source said: “Lewthwaite is the most wanted female terrorist in the world.
"She has managed to evade capture for two years but she may have finally been killed.”
The source added that Lewthwaite may have plotted the slaughter with the al-Shabaab terror group in revenge for the capture of her right hand man.
She had allegedly planned to bomb Kenyan beach resorts with London-born Jermaine Grant. Police swooped on the pair at their Mombasa home in December 2011 – but Lewthwaite escaped and has been on the run ever since.
Chemicals found in their rented apartment were identical to the ingredients Lewthwaite’s former husband Jermaine Lindsay used to kill 26 people and himself in the London 7/7 attacks.
Grant, 31, was today due to stand trial for the planned atrocities but prosecutors in Mombasa dramatically halted the hearing as it emerged Lewthwaite was a prime suspect in the Nairobi atrocity.
One senior security official said that despite the reports of her death, many believed Lewthwaite was still at large.
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He added: “We are dealing with a very fast moving target. Everything is being done to locate her.
“She is an al-Shabaab lieutenant and has used her influence to bring bloodshed to Kenya. The timings of this attack is very sensitive.
“We are fully aware of her links with Jermaine Grant, who will be brought to justice just like those who have brought carnage to our streets.”
Grant, from Newham, East London, failed to appear in court in Mombasa today.
Previous court hearings have heard how Lewthwaite plotted an armed operation to free him using similar tactics to those employed by the Westgate shopping centre terrorists.
Jacob Ondari, the deputy public prosecutor, told Mombasa magistrates in March: “I pray that this case be moved to Shanzu courts within the prison premises for the sake of the court’s security.
"There are intelligence reports indicating that there are plans to rescue the first accused from the prison.”
Mr Ondari said one man linked to the operation was recently arrested in Mombasa with a grenade.
Another was stopped crossing into Kenya from Tanzania with bullet-proof vests and face masks.
As a result, the trial, at which six Scotland Yard anti-terror officers are due to testify, was moved to “safe” court inside the grounds of a high security jail.
Today’s hearing was adjourned after Mr Ondari mysteriously failed to show up at court.
The case is due to resume tomorrow.
As the bloody siege in Nairobi entered its third day, officials said the death toll could double after it emerged that at least 63 are still missing.
Six Britons were killed and children as young as two are among the 175 injured. Kenyan officials confirmed that three terrorists had been killed and more than 10 suspects arrested.
Eleven Kenyan soldiers have been wounded in running gun battles.
The attackers still held at least 10 to 15 hostages tonight.
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A number of others were freed after troops launched a major assault on Sunday night.
Huge explosions and machine gun fire echoed around the area and a huge plume of smoke hung over the building today amid reports that the terrorists were trying to burn it down.
Police helicopters swooped overhead sparking rumours – later denied – that one of the gunmen had escaped.
As troop reinforcements and armoured personnel carriers arrived on the scene, the terrorists’ supporters sent a defiant message to the world.
Al- Shabaab spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage said on an Islamist website that the remaining hostages would “bear the brunt of any force” used against them.
He added: “We authorise the mujahedeen inside the building to take actions against the prisoners as much as they are pressed.
“We are telling Christians advancing onto the mujahedeen to have mercy for their prisoners.”
A makeshift hospital was set up by the Kenyan Red Cross in a car park near the mall.
The terrorists were believed to be holed up with their hostages on the third floor of the four-storey mall following a series of gun battles.
They threatened to start executing hostages if the troops did not back off.
Downing Street sources said last night it was not known if any more Brits were caught up in the siege.
They also declined to comment on reports that White Widow Lewthwaite may have been a part of the terror gang.
One insider said: “We believe most of those caught up in the attack were long-term Kenyan residents just going about their everyday lives.
David Cameron broke off from staying with the Queen at Balmoral today and returned to London to chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra crisis committee.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: “We’re in close touch with the Kenyan authorities and stand ready to provide them with any additional assistance they require.”
Asked about reports that Britons may have been involved in the planning the attack, Mr Hammond replied: “I’ve seen those reports but there’s no evidence to support those claims.”
He added: “We have been in touch with the Kenyan authorities and have excellent lines of communication with them.
“As the Prime Minister has made clear, we will provide them with any assistance which they request.
"We maintain continuous contact with the Kenyan authorities and with our own diplomatic post in Nairobi.”
Barack Obama said he was appalled by the massacre and pledged that the US would do all it could to help Kenya.
He added: “We stand with them against this terrible outrage.”
He was speaking during a meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in New York, where they were attending the United Nations General Assembly.
Both expressed their condolences to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who today revealed he lost members of his family in the attack.
Mr Jonathan said: “I feel the pain of President Kenyatta… terror anywhere is terror on all of us.”
Additional reporting: TOM PETTIFOR.
MMMMM hu i thought the same especially after listening to the DP last nite.
Ve started wondering is the DP inteligent or a village idiot?Some things u dont say publicly
but well after stealing the elections anything is possible
From: mark kirario To: "progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" ; Wanakenya ; "uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com" ; KOL ; Kiswahili ; "changemombasa2012@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:43 AM Subject: WESTGATE FIASCO NOT OVER YET
Have been listening keenly to KTN 1.00PM lunch time bulletin , and it looks contradictory with the Kenyan population belief, that indeed the Westgate mall is not yet entirely occupied by KDF.
Today's early morning clearing operation saw some fire at the mall which security personnel dismissed as mattresses burning!!!! The clearing was targeted to be about for two hours but until now the work continues!!. Sporadic gun fire could be heard in and around the building even by 11.am this morning.
KTN bulletin has insisted that it will only be over when the CIC of the armed forces(mr. president) finally digs in and confirms full control in the building, identifying who are the killed terrorists, terrorists actual number (not between 10-15), total number of official deaths and if there were any hostages managed to be saved by the KDF bloody intervention, whether or if THE WHITE WIDOW was among those 6 killed in the final run in, to which none has yet been done as they were reading the news.
It seems the long wait not yet over, but not for very far either.
Kirario
From: Mburi Eric
Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 13:09
To: Progresive Kenyan
Reply To: progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [PK] Westgate-Hard Questions
We must refuse this business of we are one #WeAreOne.
It clouds our capacity to demand for answers.
The terrorists never intended to divide us.Their mission was to destroy us.Let us demand for answers to ensure we are secure and our homeland security is sound.On this #WestGate crisis,we must refuse to merely sing "We Are One" and let those who slept on the job go Scot free.It is a corrupted version of Accept and Move on!
If the government has failed to unite the country they form a song where everyone is required to sing along without answers,,where was Gichangi,where was our intelligence system. Does Jubilee intend to fool Kenyans that we are now one because of a created crisis? Nyakwar Mburi
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Correction please...the Shah that was killed is an employee ( Mitul) and not the the CEO ( Vimal)
I watched all the media stations last night up to 2am in the morning.
It is obvious they have been gagged,they report flat,,completely flat and not allowed to report anything that does not come from the government.
I mourn my friend Shah-Chairman of Bidco Group of companies who perished and that is why am asking hard questions.
The expectant lady reporter with Radio Africa group-East FM Rahila Andatia Sood who was killed with the baby as well.
The government must be clear on this one
MMMMM hu i thought the same especially after listening to the DP last nite.
Ve started wondering is the DP inteligent or a village idiot?Some things u dont say publicly
but well after stealing the elections anything is possible
I am tempted to think we have been duped once again.The government could be lying.This could be another scandal like the airport fire
When we say we are branded bad people.
Where is the truth seriously......
Analyze these statements all from government
We are in charge of the building,we have clue who the terrorists are...we are in charge of all the floors...we killed all the terrorists this morning and released all the hostages,where are the released hostages???Could they have been dispatched home without counselling and treatment after being held for 3 days,where are the bodies of the attackers,who are they,Why is the army involved and not the police??/why is Kimaiyo not allowed to speak??????????Hey is someone having the same thoughts as me..could it be a desperate attempt to make the international community sympathize with a government that lacks credibility in the eyes of the international community...even as Kenyans have lost their lives...........mhmhmhmmh
Nyakwar Mburi
Detectives put Westgate Shopping Mall tenants on spot as investigation takes new turn
Updated Tuesday, September 24th 2013 at 00:07 GMT +3
Family escape from Westgate Mall during the 2013 SEPTEMBER 21 terror attack in Kenya
By CYRUS OMBATI
Detectives want to talk to all tenants of the Westgate Shopping Mall as part of efforts to trace terrorists who attacked it.
This comes amid speculation some of the attackers could have been tenants at the mall.
They had hired shops at the mall to help them map it and plan well in readiness for the assault.
“That is one of the theories we are pursuing because there are claims some were tenants of one of the shops,” said a senior officer aware of the probe.
Police say the attackers seem to know the shop well because of the manner in which they have engaged them. The probe may however, take long given the police must investigate all tenants.
The mall was among those that had been previously targeted.
In July last year, two Iranian terror suspects were arraigned on accusations of possessing explosives.
Ahmed Mohamud and Said Mausud had been found with 15 kilogrammes of RDX explosives.
International media quoted an Israeli minister who said the two Iranians had planned to attack Israeli, American, British or Saudi targets inside Kenya. Westgate Shopping Mall is one of several Israeli-owned businesses in Kenya.
The issue was was discussed at a special National Security Advisory Committee meeting ( NSAC) held in Nairobi on Sunday.
The NSAC, which was chaired by Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia, advises various security agencies on the way forward on security matters. The committee met following the terror attack at the Westgate Shopping Mall, which has killed more than 60 people and left hundreds of others wounded.
After they received the threats, the officers are said to have shared them with major shopping malls, tall commercial buildings and other installations that are usually at risk of mass attacks.
Sources said securities manning these installations are usually asked to beef up their security as a way of containing or deterring planned attacks. Westgate Shopping Mall was among the installations that were informed of the plans and urged to beef up their security.
But the gunmen seem to have decided to arrive and strike on foot. Instead of gaining access in vehicles, they struck while walking in. Westgate is a premier complex usually frequented by wealthy locals and expatriates and is usually busiest during weekends.It is one of the many malls that have come up in Nairobi and the country. The six-year-old shopping centre is located on Mwanzi Road in Westlands, near Sarit Centre, and UKay Centre. 2011 October 17 -- A Kenyan navy patrol boat is hit by a suspected rocket-propelled grenade off the coast of Lamu, injuring three navy officers. October 23 -- A grenade is hurled at Mwaura pub on Mfangano Street in Nairobi, wounding 14 people. October 24 A grenade attack hits a bus terminal (OTC) in Nairobi, killing one person and injuring 18. October 27-- Suspected Al-Shabaab militants attack a vehicle transporting exam materials in Lafey District in Mandera, killing four people, including two education officials and a Kenya police reservist. October 28 -- A vehicle in a convoy carrying members of Kenya’s paramilitary General Service Unit heading to Liboi hits a roadside landmine seven kilometres from Garissa town, injuring three people. November 5 -- Two grenades are hurled at the East African Pentecostal Church in Garissa town killing two including an 8-year-old girl. Five others are injured. November 6 -- Suspected Al-Shabaab militants attack a border post in Damasa village in Lafey District in Mandera, killing a police reservist. November 7 -- Gunmen attack a vehicle carrying Kenyan Certificate of Primary Examination papers in Damajale near Liboi, which is on the Kenyan-Somali border. No one was injured. November 9 Al-Shabaab militants attack a rural Border Patrol Unit of Administration Police near Elwaq in Mandera District. No casualties reported. November 15 A remote-controlled improvised explosive device is detonated in Dadaab Refugee Camp, injuring two private security officers in a police escort vehicle driving workers to their residences. November 23 -- Al-Shabaab militants ambush a military convoy on Abdi Sugow Road, less than 10km from Liboi, injuring one soldier. November 24 -- Twin grenades target a Holiday Inn hotel and a shop in Garissa, killing three people and injuring at least 27 others. A roadside bomb in Bulla-Garaay, near Mandera town, kills a Kenyan soldier and wounds four others on patrol. November 26 -- Suspected Al-Shabaab militants attack Arabia, a trading centre near Mandera, and hit the local police station taking arms and ammunition and destroying communication equipment. December 5 -- A land mine targeting a United Nations convoy explodes at Ifo Refugee Camp in Dadaab Complex, killing a police officer and injuring three others. December 11 -- A remote-controlled explosive device explodes near Mandera Border Point Three, killing one police officer and injuring three. Another land mine in Wajir town targeting a military convoy explodes injuring nine soldiers. December 12 -- A land mine targeting government vehicles leaving Jamhuri Day celebrations explodes, injuring the Wajir District Intelligence chief, his driver and four women of the local peace committee. December 15 -- Twin grenade attacks at Florida Hotel in Garissa town and the local prison officers’ mess hall injure four people. December 19 -- A land mine attack on a patrol vehicle in Dadaab complex kills a police officer and injures two other people.
December 20 -- A bomb explodes in Dadaab Refugee Camp targeting a senior police officer. No one was injured. December 25 -- Two grenades are hurled at a government-owned club in Wajir town injuring seven people, including an army officer and a policeman.
December 29 -- A refugee leader, the chairperson of the Community Peace and Security Team in Hagadera camp, is killed by gunmen.
2012 January 1 -- Gunmen kill a refugee community leader, a member of the Lutheran World Federation Peace Committee, in Dadaab refugee complex. January 3 -- A land mine in Mandera targeting Kenyan army vehicles injures three soldiers. January 5 -- Kenyan police seize explosive equipment in Ifo camp in Dadaab Refugee Complex and arrests nine suspects. January 11 -- Armed al-Shabaab militants kill six people including three police officers in Gerille camp, Wajir District. The militants also kidnapped two government officials. February 19 -- Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for an attack on a police station in Hulugho, Garissa, which killed a policeman and a civilian and injured two other civilians. February 22 -- Scores are injured in Mandera after a military vehicle hits a landmine. March 10 -- Six people are killed and more than 60 injured when four hand grenades are hurled at Machakos bus station in Nairobi. March 31 -- At least one person is killed and 18 wounded in two attacks targeting a church gathering in Mtwapa and a restaurant in Mombasa. April 29 -- A grenade attack at God’s House of Miracles International Church in Nairobi kills one person and injures at least 15 others. May 14 -- Four soldiers are wounded when a land mine explodes beneath their vehicle in Mandera town. May 15 -- A police officer is killed and three others seriously wounded when their vehicle drives over a land mine in Dadaab Refugee Complex. They were escorting aid workers near Dagahaley camp. May 15 -- A security guard is killed and five people injured when a gunman opens fire at the Bella Vista restaurant in Mombasa. When guards at the restaurant prevented the gunman and two accomplices from entering, they hurled grenades into the restaurant and fled. May 21 -- Four Kenyan soldiers are injured when their patrol vehicle hits a land mine in the north-eastern Mandera region. May 26 -- Five people are wounded when a grenade is hurled at a construction site at a school in the Ifo II section of the Dadaab Refugee Complex. At around the same time, attackers in Wajir throw a grenade into a restaurant, wounding three. May 28 -- An explosive device rips through shops located inside Sasa Boutique in Assanand’s House along Moi Avenue, central Nairobi, injuring 38 people. June 12 -- Police arrest a woman in Nairobi who had in her possession a hand grenade and three pistols. June 24 -- Three people are killed and 30 wounded when a hand grenade is thrown into Jericho Beer Garden in Mombasa as football fans watch the Euro 2012 quarter-final match. July 1 -- Masked gunmen hurl grenades and fire bullets as worshippers gather at the African Inland Church and the Catholic Central Cathedral in Garissa, killing 17 people and injuring more than 60 others. July 5 -- Police arrest a man carrying two grenades at the Nakuru Agricultural Show shortly before President Mwai Kibaki arrived to deliver a speech. July 18 -- Four people are injured when two grenades explode at a barbershop and a hotel in Wajir. July 22 -- Police arrest two young men with four hand grenades in Kitale as they were boarding a Nairobi-bound bus. A third man escaped capture. July 25 -- Three police officers are injured when their patrol vehicle hits a land mine in Dagahaley camp in Dadaab Refugee Complex. August 3 -- Two separate attacks in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood kill four people. The bombs used in the attack are disguised as a transistor radio and a gas cylinder. August 28-- Three Kenyan policeman are killed and over a dozen wounded in a grenade attack during riots in the port city of Mombasa over the killing of Islamist cleric Aboud Rogo Mohammed. September 15 -- Al-Shabaab is blamed for a roadside bomb attack that injures two Administration Police officers who were responding to an earlier explosions in Mandera. September 21 -- Two police officers are injured when their lorry hits an improvised explosive device while on routine patrol near the Garissa Provincial General Hospital. A second explosion targeting responders injures four civilians gathered at the scene. September 30 -- A suspected grenade attack kills one child and wounds nine others at the Anglican Saint Polycarp Church in Nairobi. In Garissa, two officers are shot from behind and killed while on patrol in the Ngamia Road area. October 9 -- Kenyan police safely detonate a bomb weighing more than 10 kilograms that was found in an abandoned briefcase outside a restaurant in Garissa. October 25 -- The bodies of Abdrashid Moallim Ahmed, 50, Hassan Aden Auul, 43, and Siat Mohamed Ismail, 48, are discovered with bullet wounds near Dadaab refugee complex. Police suspect that a gang that operates between Dadaab and Liboi is behind the incident. October 28 -- Kenyan police shoot dead two suspected terrorists feared to be plotting attacks in the country’s coastal region. October 30 -- Unknown gunmen kill one police officer and injure another while on patrol near First Community Bank Limited in Garissa. November 6 -- At least two people are wounded when a bomb explodes in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood. November 7 -- At least four people are killed and five injured in attacks by armed men in two villages in the Kenyan border town of Mandera. November 11 -- At least 42 Kenyan police officers are killed and 21 wounded while pursuing cattle rustlers in northern Kenya. November 14 -- An explosion in Nairobi’s predominately Somali Eastleigh neighbourhood injures at least one person. November 16 -- Unidentified gunmen kill two police investigators in Garissa town while they were walking in Mugdi Market. November 18 -- At least five people are killed and more than 10 injured in a minibus explosion in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood. November 19 -- Gunmen kill three soldiers in Garissa.
December 3 -- A Kenyan police officer is injured when a petrol bomb detonates at Kiembeni police station in Mombasa. December 5th -- A roadside bomb near a mosque in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood kills one person and wounds eight others includong Member of Parliament Abdi Yusuf Hassan.
December 7 -- A grenade was hurled into a crowd of worshippers leaving the popular Hidaya mosque in Eastleigh, killing five people. December 14 -- A woman is injured when a bomb explodes near a voter registration centre in Dadaab refugee complex. December 16 -- Two people are seriously injured when at least three grenades are lobbed towards a bar in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighbourhood near Hidaya mosque. December 19 -- Two people are seriously injured after two blasts go off outside Al Amin mosque in Eastleigh, Nairobi. December 20 -- Suspected Al Shabaab militants shoot three people dead and injure one on Kenyatta Street in Garissa. December 27 -- A police officer is gunned down by a suspected Islamists in Mandera. His colleague escaped unharmed.
2013
On 4 January 2013, at 7 pm, two people were killed and seven wounded in a grenade attack at Dagahale area in Garissa. The grenade was hurled from a saloon car at a tent where people were chewing khat. 7 January 2013 --- In Garissa, a grenade is thrown into a police vehicle killing one and injuring 8 other people seriously. 9 January 2013--Two grenades were thrown into the World Food Programme (WFP) compound in Mandera Town. 16 January 2013--Suspected Islamic militants shoot dead 5 people and injure 3 others at a restaurant in the eastern city of Garissa. Attackers believed to be members of the Al-Shabaab group. 17 January 2013 -- An Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs) goes off in Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab killing two men of Somali origin believed to be suicide bombers. 31 January 2013--An explosion injures three Kenyan policemen during the evening in the Dagahalley area of the northern town of Dadaab. 2 February 2013-- A grenade is hurled at a KDF soldier in Wajir, killing him and injuring two policemen and a woman. 5 February 2013--An administration police sergeant is shot in Garissa. 18 April 2013--Four armed men in a shooting spree kill six people and injure 10 at Kwa Chege Hotel in Garissa. June 9 2013--A grenade is hurled into a crowd in Mpambe area near Eastleigh injuring four. June 9--Six people are seriously injured when a grenade is hurled at a crusade in Likoni.
It remains unclear how many hostages remain inside the Westgate Mall as security forces moved in [AP]
Mogadishu, Somalia - Al-Shabab - the al-Qaeda-linked Somali-based group - has claimed responsibility for an attack in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The attack launched on Saturday on the upscale Westgate shopping mall has killed at least 62 people and wounded more than 150 others. Heavy gunfire continued to ring out on Monday.
Al Jazeera's Hamza Mohamed interviewed al-Shabab's spokesman for military operations, Sheikh Abulaziz Abu Muscab, as the siege at the mall entered its third day. Abulaziz spoke about why the group attacked Nairobi now. He also provided insight into al-Shabab's relations with the Mombasa Youth Centre, a group the Kenyan government designated as a terrorist organisation.
Sheikh Abulaziz Abu Muscab, al-Shabab military operations spokesman
Al Jazeera: It is more than two years since Kenyan troops went into Somalia to fight al-Shabab. Why did al-Shabab attack Nairobi now? Sheikh Abulaziz Abu Muscab: We have been late in attacking Nairobi. We did not attack before because they were expecting us to attack. Our aim is to attack our enemy when they least expect us to attack. This time they were not expecting us to attack. We choose when to attack, and best time to attack.
AJ: Is this al-Shabab's first attack in Nairobi? SA: Thats not the importing thing. The important thing is it is us who attacked now. It is not important to say we attacked before or not.
AJ: This attack is happening at Westgate Mall, which, when the attack started, was full of shoppers. Why is al-Shabab attacking a place that is full of civilians? SA: The place we attacked is Westgate shopping mall. It is a place where tourists from across the world come to shop, where diplomats gather. It is a place where Kenya's decision-makers go to relax and enjoy themselves. Westgate is a place where there are Jewish and American shops. So we have to attack them.
On civilian deaths, Kenya should first be asked why they bombed innocent Somali civilians in refugee camps, why they bombed innocent people in Gedo and Jubba regions. They should be asked that first before us.
AJ: Al-Shabab claims to work to protect Muslims and Somalis in particular. Some of the people killed in this attack suggests otherwise. SA: History supports our claim. We are the only ones protecting Somalis and Somalia. We are the only group fighting Somalia's historic enemies. We are the only one who can say "no" to Somalis' enemies.
On the loss of lives, there were Kenyan soldiers firing back at our fighters. There was an exchange of gunfire. There is no evidence it was our bullets that killed them.
Shoppers flee Nairobi's Westgate Mall [Reuters]
We released all Muslims when we took control of the mall. Witnesses have backed us on this.
AJ: Do you think this attack will make Kenya withdraw its troops from Somalia? SA: That question is not for us to answer. That is for the Kenyan government to answer. It is up to them to withdraw their soldiers or not. If they don't withdraw, attacks like this will become common in Kenya. It is possible if they don't withdraw attacks like this will happen in Kenyan cities and towns every day.
AJ: Before Kenyan troops went into Somalia in October 2011, what was al-Shabab's relation with the Kenyan government? SA: We always knew Kenya is the enemy of the Somali people. We knew this when we controlled the border towns. Kenya invading us was not unexpected. We don't believe them and we dont trust them.
AJ: Kenya says it will go after the perpetrators of this attack and won't stop until they are defeated. What do you say to that? SA: We are not perpetrators. We are only defending ourselves and defending our rights, the rights of the Somali people.
Today no one has a worse criminal record than the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. He's talking about tens of people killed at Westgate while he's responsible for the deaths of thousands of people killed when he was running for the presidency. If Kenyans want to hold someone accountable for crimes they should first start with him.
AJ: Many, including the Somali and Kenyan governments, are saying al-Shabab targeting a place full of civilians is a sign of weakness, that al-Shabab is on the back foot and will soon be history. Is that the case? SA: Whom are these people judging us? These people's weakness is public for everyone to see. The Somali government is protected by tanks for them to stay in power. The Kenyans rely on foreign support, even to deal with a small matter like Westgate. They asked for Western support.
AJ: Finally, Kenya has designated the Mombasa Youth Centre (MYC) as a terrorist organisation. The group has on many occasions endorsed al-Shabab. What is al-Shabab's relationship with MYC? SA: The relations between MYC and us are the same relations between Muslims. They are our Muslim brothers. Islam is our common relation, and they have the same right from us like any other Muslim Follow Hamza Mohamed on Twitter: @Hamza_Africa
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