Kenya: Slain attacker of Garissa University identified as lawyer and son of local gov't official
by Anadolu Agency
NAIROBIApr 05, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Anadolu Agency
Apr 05, 2015 12:00 am
Kenyan authorities have identified one of the slain attackers of Garissa University as a lawyer and son of a local government official.
"One of the militants was positively identified as Abdirahim Mohamed Abdullahi, a lawyer who graduated from Nairobi University in 2013," Mwenda Njoka, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, told The Anadolu Agency.
On Saturday evening there was a commotion in Garissa town after police publicly displayed the bodies of the slain Al-Shabaab militants to hundreds of local residents.
"We resorted to this measure with hopes that someone would identify them," Njoka explained.
Abdirahim was the son of Abdullahi Daqara, a Chief in Mandera County at a place called Bulla Jamhuri.
"His father reported to the police a year ago that his son had disappeared," said the spokesman.
"The father told us that he was a very bright student and we have confirmed that he was a law graduate," Njoka told AA. "The father has also positively identified the body of his son."
He said the father had heard reports that his son had joined Al-Shabaab militia and it was at this point that he had ceased to search for his son.
At least 149 people and four militants were killed in a deadly attack on Garissa University College on Saturday.
Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
It has threatened more attacks in Kenya during Easter.
Al-Shabaab has vowed to carry out attacks in Kenya as long as the East African country keeps troops in Somalia.
In late 2013, Al-Shabaab gunmen stormed Nairobi's Westgate Mall, holding hundreds of victims hostage.
The four-day siege left 67 dead, including all of the assailants.
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