Westgate attack suspects visit destroyed shopping mall
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STORY: Four men charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch an murderous attack on a Kenyan shopping mall were on Tuesday taken to the mall they allegedly planned an attack on.
Prosecutors say the four committed a "terrorist act" under Kenya's anti-terrorism laws and used false documents. The men deny all the charges.
Mohamed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah Omar, Hussein Hassan, and Adan Mohamed Ibrahim are accused of giving support and shelter to gunmen who killed at least 67 people during the assault on Nairobi's Westgate shopping complex that started on September 21.
Mbugua Mureithi, defense attorney for the accused said his clients will be found innocent adding that they were awaiting for the conclusion of the case.
Kenyan police and Western experts who joined the investigation said four gunmen carried out the attack, which struck at the heart of east Africa's biggest economy. They say all the gunmen died in the
STORY: Four men charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch an murderous attack on a Kenyan shopping mall were on Tuesday taken to the mall they allegedly planned an attack on.
Prosecutors say the four committed a "terrorist act" under Kenya's anti-terrorism laws and used false documents. The men deny all the charges.
Mohamed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah Omar, Hussein Hassan, and Adan Mohamed Ibrahim are accused of giving support and shelter to gunmen who killed at least 67 people during the assault on Nairobi's Westgate shopping complex that started on September 21.
Mbugua Mureithi, defense attorney for the accused said his clients will be found innocent adding that they were awaiting for the conclusion of the case.
Kenyan police and Western experts who joined the investigation said four gunmen carried out the attack, which struck at the heart of east Africa's biggest economy. They say all the gunmen died in the