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Westgate Mall attack plotters faced seven charges

By Kamau Muthoni | 1yr ago

KDF officers take cover during the Westgate Shopping Mall terror attack in September 2013. [File, Standard]

Two Westgate Mall attack convicts faced seven counts of committing a terrorist act contrary to Section 4(2) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012.

Mohammed Ahmed Abdi and Hussein Hassan Mustafa, all of Somali origin, were accused of supporting a terrorist group contrary to the law.

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