Kenyan investigators knew two years ago that they wanted to question Samantha Lewthwaite, the 29-year-old widow of one of the suicide bombers who struck the London transit system in 2005.
They ran into her for the first time that December, while probing a foiled attack on tourist sites in Mombasa, when she convinced them she was a tourist. Within days, investigators realized their mistake, a prosecutor said.
hree raids on houses tied to al-Qaeda and Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants turned up bomb-making materials, cash from Somali pirates, AK-47’s and Lewthwaite’s personal diary, according to court proceedings in the trial of a U.K. citizen in Kenya, Jermaine Grant, and Kenyan prosecutors.
Only yesterday, a week after al-Shabaab militants attacked the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, killing at least 67 civilians and security personnel, did Kenya request Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Lewthwaite, asking police around the world to search for her and arrest her. Read more.
They ran into her for the first time that December, while probing a foiled attack on tourist sites in Mombasa, when she convinced them she was a tourist. Within days, investigators realized their mistake, a prosecutor said.
hree raids on houses tied to al-Qaeda and Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants turned up bomb-making materials, cash from Somali pirates, AK-47’s and Lewthwaite’s personal diary, according to court proceedings in the trial of a U.K. citizen in Kenya, Jermaine Grant, and Kenyan prosecutors.
Only yesterday, a week after al-Shabaab militants attacked the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, killing at least 67 civilians and security personnel, did Kenya request Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Lewthwaite, asking police around the world to search for her and arrest her. Read more.
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