- Title: KENYA: Four suspects charged in court over the Westgate terror attack in Kenya
- Date: 4th November 2013
- Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WESTGATE MALL ATTACK, SECURITY OFFICERS IN MALL RESCUING TRAPPED SHOPPERS EXTERNAL OF MALL, GUNFIRE BEING HEARD FROM MALL VARIOUS OF MALL, SIGN READING 'WESTGATE' SMOKE BILLOWING FROM MALL ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER DRIVING FROM THE MALL
- Embargoed: 19th November 2013 12:00
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- Location: Kenya
- Country: Kenya
- Reuters ID: LVA90VPOJGC3UIIJ7Q7LVBPNSKKI
- Story Text: A Kenyan court charged four Somali men on Monday (November 4) with terrorist offences for helping al Qaeda-linked militants carry out an attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi that killed 67 people.
Few details have emerged so far about the how the September attack was masterminded or how gunmen held off Kenyan security forces for four days in the Westgate mall. The assault was claimed by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.
U.S., British, Israeli and other experts joined Kenyan investigators at the site of the attack, which struck at the heart of east Africa's biggest economy. The West sees Kenya as vital to the regional fight against militant Islam.
All the men who appeared in court on Monday were formally charged with "commission of a terrorist act" under Kenya's anti-terrorism laws. Other accusations ranged from providing support and shelter to the gunmen to using false documents.
The suspects all pleaded not guilty at the hearing.
The men were named as Mohamed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah Omar and Hussein Hassan, while a fourth was identified as Adan Mohamed Ibrahim, although he was listed as using other aliases. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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