Kenya's military spokesman confirmed the names of the four attackers
implicated in the four-day-long siege at the Westgate Mall, which killed
more than 60 people last month.
Major Emmanuel Chirchir confirmed that the attackers are Abu Baara al-Sudani, Omar Nabhan, Khattab al-Kene and Umayr.
He told The Associated Press: "I confirm those are the names of the terrorist."
Little is known about their identity.
Matt Bryden, the former head of the United Nations Monitoring Group on
Somalia, said via email that al-Kene and Umayr are known members of
al-Hijra, a Kenyan extremist group affiliated with al-Shabab. He added
that Nabhan may be a relative of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who was the
most-wanted al-Qaida operative in the region until he was killed in a
2009 strike led by Navy Seals.
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