Trial of Kenya Westgate mall attack suspects begins

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Kenyan government on Wednesday in Nairobi began the trial of four suspects charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants to launch a murderous attack on a Kenyan shopping mall in September 2013.

Reuters reports that Mohamed Abdi, Liban Omar, Hussein Hassan, and Adan Ibrahim are accused of giving support and shelter to gunmen who killed at least 67 people during the assault appeared in court at the start of their trial.

The Prosecutors said the four committed terrorist act under Kenya’s anti-terrorism laws and used false documents.

Westgate guard Stephen Juma reportedly told the court that, he saw three gunmen jumped out of white car that pulled up outside the mall and one of them immediately shot dead a shopper.

The four suspects denied all the charges.


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