This archive report was first published on 1 October 2019.
On Sunday night, a multiagency team tracked down and arrested Fawaz Ahmed Hamdun, one of the most wanted Al-Shabaab operatives, at his house in Majengo, Mombasa.
Hamdun, 28, is accused of playing a key role in facilitating the re-entry of DusitD2 suicide bomber Mahir Riziki to Kenya from Somalia to execute the attack in January 2019.
He allegedly coordinated Riziki's journey from Somalia and facilitated his stay in Kenya.
Riziki was previously placed on the most wanted list in 2014 after being involved in the killing of a police officer at Royal Court Hotel.
Hamdun is also suspected of facilitating the travel of Salim Fariz Hadin, a young man from Majengo, to Somalia a fortnight ago.
Video footage obtained by detectives shows Hamdun and Hadin strolling in the streets of Mombasa on the day the latter's family reported he had disappeared.
Hamdun has been linked to the Ramadhan Kufungwa radicalisation network at the Coast, which targets the youth for Al-Shabaab recruitment.
