Three Attackers in Kenya Mall Siege Lived in US — CNN


Monday, 23 Sep 2013 07:13 AM

Three of the attackers at the Westgate Mall siege in Nairobi, Kenya, are from the United States, sources within the terror group that orchestrated the attack told CNN on Sunday.

CNN reported that the American-linked militants from the terrorist group al-Shabab are among nine people listed on a since-shuttered Twitter account linked to the group.

Sources told CNN that other names linked to the account include two individuals from Somalia and one each from Canada, Finland, Kenya and the United Kingdom. They range in age from 20 to 27 years old.

Two of the Americans are from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, and the other is from Kansas City, Missouri. Minneapolis has a large Somali community that in the past has been linked to recruitment efforts by al-Shabab as well as al-Qaida.

The FBI is looking into the claim that American citizens were involved the attack, but have not confirmed that, CNN reported. A senior State Department official told the network that the United States is trying to determine whether any of the alleged attackers are American.

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