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Kenya charges four in Westgate mall attack

AFP

Kenya charged four men on Monday in connection with the Westgate mall massacre in September, an attack claimed by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab in which at least 67 people were killed.

“The accused persons carried out a terrorist attack at Westgate Mall on September 21 by supporting a terrorist group,” the chargesheet read.

All pleaded not guilty to the charges, which also included entering Kenya illegally and obtaining false identification documents. None are accused of being the gunmen in the mall. All four are ethnic Somalis -Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, liban Abdullah, Adan Adan and Hussein Hassan.