Since the gruesome bomb blast today which left over 71 dead & over 200
injured,no group has claimed
responsibility. However, Dailystar
claims the 'White Widow'Samantha
Lewthwaite is behind the attack in revenge for the death of al-Shabaab terror
chief Makaburi, aka Sheikh Abubakar Shariff Ahmed - Lewthwaite's MENTOR - just
two weeks ago. According to their report.....
Lewthwaite, the infamous widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, is on the run
in Africa with three children.The daughter of a
British Army soldier, she is already
on Interpol's Most Wanted list in
connection with SEVEN murders as well
as the siege of the Westgate
shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya in
September last year which left 67 dead and nearly 200 injured.
She was known to be 'extremely close' to Makaburi, who coordinated the
Westgate atrocity.
A
senior security source said agents
across Africa were on high alert after the assassination of Makaburi -
reportedly by the UK
and US funded Kenyan Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU)
14 days ago.
The source said:
"Makaburi was always believed to be at the very top of the hierarchy of
terror organisation al-Shabaab.Intelligence suggests he introduced Samantha
Lewthwaite to many influential figures within the al-Shabaab network. He
guided her on her path to Jihad.His murder was seen as yet another act of
war."The source added that Lewthwaite and her associates "wanted revenge".
Lewthwaite, 30, is believed to be in Nigeria, Kenya or Somalia, where
Islamist terror networks are closely linked, making it far easier for her
to evade detection than in Europe.
The world's most wanted woman was reportedly caught at a
checkpoint in Nigeria just six
months ago - but managed to bribe her way to freedom.
It is thought she commands enormous loyalty and power as a white convert,
female jihadist, having proved her worth in previous attacks.
As both a mother and widow of a 7/7 bomber, she also provides the groups
with invaluable propaganda.
The White Widow, who has been
on the run since January 2012, got
her grim nickname after husband Germaine Lindsay blew up a London Tube train
in the 7/7 bombings in 2005. Fifty six people were killed and more than 700
injured.Interpol has issued a rare 'Red Notice' for the White Widow's
arrest.
Lewthwaite, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, is believed to have
widely used the alias ‘Natalie Webb’ and travelled on a forged South
African
passport. She is now
officially being hunted by 190 countries and is one of the most wanted
international fugitives in the world.
Police seized her laptop in 2011 and found detailed plans of how to build
bombs and evidence she was planning multiple terrorist attacks both in
Africa and the West.She has also been linked to grenade attacks at
non-Muslim places of worship in Africa and a terrorist attack on western
football fans watching Euro 2012 in the Jericho bar in Mombasa.
Head of Interpol Ronald Noble said:
"There is a global ‘tripwire’ for this fugitive.All 190 member countries
are aware of the danger posed by this woman, not just across the region
but also worldwide."
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