This archive report was first published on 1 October 2019.
On October 1, 2019, Kenyan security agencies made a major step in the fight against terror after they arrested a suspect linked to the DusitD2 Complex attack in Nairobi.
Mr Fawaz Ahmed Hamdun, a 28-year-old Al-Shabaab operative, was smoked out of his house in Majengo, Mombasa, on Sunday night by a multiagency team.
Hamdun is suspected of facilitating the re-entry of DusitD2 suicide bomber Mahir Riziki to Kenya from Somalia to execute the attack.
He allegedly coordinated Riziki's journey from Somalia and facilitated his stay.
Riziki was placed on the most wanted list in 2014 after being involved in the killing of a police officer at Royal Court Hotel and fleeing to Tanzania.
Hamdun is also suspected of facilitating the travel of Mr Salim Fariz Hadin, a young man from Majengo, to Somalia a fortnight ago.
Video footage obtained by detectives shows the two strolling in the streets of Mombasa on the day the latter's family reported he had disappeared.
