Omar Nabhan
Omar Nabhan | |
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 Nabhan, as seen inside of the mall during the shooting. A victim can be seen laying on the floor to his left | |
| Born | 1988 |
| Died | 21 September 2013 |
| Body discovered | 24 September 2013 |
| Organization | |
| Known for | Westgate shopping mall attack |
| Motive | Islamic terrorism |
| Details | |
| Location(s) |  Westgate shopping mall, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Weapons | AK-47 rifle, grenades, suicide belt |
Omar Nabhan (1998?-21 September 2013) was a Somolian mass murderer and terrorist who, with four other members of the Islamic group Al-Shabaab, attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, killing 67 people and injuring a further 163.
Life
[edit]He was born in 1998. An al-Shabab militant stated that Nabhan trained and graduated from an Al-Shabaab training camp in the town of Balad in 2009.[1][2][3]
Attack
[edit]On 21 September 2013, Nabhan and three other heavily armed men drove to the front entrance of the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.[4] The four men split into pairs, and Nabhar went with Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow into the mall, where they immediately began to shoot at shoppers in their vicinity. Dhuhulow entered a restraunt where three died, and it is unknown where Nabhar was during this part of the attack.
Some time later, all four men regrouped and entered a supermarket, where Nabhar and others were captured on CCTV shooting at civilians. The men, including Nabhar, stayed in the supermarket for the rest of the shooting.[5] All four men were later killed.[6]
See also
[edit]- Omar Mateen, another mass murderer in the United States
References
[edit]- ^ "Sources: Somali Westgate Attacker Trained with Al-Shabab". Voice of America. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Westgate killers: The face of terror". Nation. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ McConnell, Tristan (20 September 2015). "'Close Your Eyes and Pretend to Be Dead' What really happened two years ago in the bloody attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall".
- ^ Daniel, Douglass K. (21 September 2013). "39 people killed in Kenya mall attack claimed by Somali militants; hostages still held". The Washington Post. Associated Press. p. 2. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Petrecca, Laura; Bhatti, Jabeen (Associated Press) (21 September 2013). "39 die in Kenya mall siege; hostages still held". USA Today.
- ^ Jason Straziuso (13 December 2013). "NYPD report on Kenya attack isn't US gov't view". Associated Press, Yahoo News. Retrieved 18 March 2014.