Inside Terror Maniac Salim Ali Gichunge’s Toyota Ractis

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Salim Ali Gichunge, one of the killed terrorists at the Dusit D2 attack did not cut the image of a militant. He looked ordinary and loved a fine life.

Salim was outspoken and had made some friends in the estate while his wife Violet was reserved. She wore a hijab which concealed her identity. The only clue we have from people who had interacted with her is that she is light skinned.

Salim’s car, a Toyota Ractis which was one of two vehicles used in the attack and which has been established was using a fake number plate KCN 340E, was last seen at Guango estate last week.

Interestingly, another Toyota Ractis with a similar number plate was impounded by police in Kitengela on Wednesday. By last night it was not clear whether or not the light blue car was the one owned by Cynkim Investment Company, according to a registration document.

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A month before the dusitD2 attack, the killer took his car to get a skull branded on its rear. Marlon Omondi, the owner of 23 Marketing Concepts in Rumwe House along Mfangano Street, Nairobi, said the killer sent the design he wanted.

“He found us online and told us he had knocked (sic) his car’s rear and wanted to hide the dent,” recalled Marlon.

“He specifically said that he wanted a skull and he sent us the one he wanted through a link on Pinterest,” he said.

Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, and discover interests by posting images and videos on their online boards known as pins. Users discover images and videos through themes they have an interest in.

A Google reverse image search on Violet’s Whatsapp profile picture shows it was downloaded from Pinterest.

Now Salim wanted a black skull with a gas mask and two headphones to be branded on two cars. He promised Omondi that his friend would bring the other car once the Ractis was branded. That was on December 13 last year.

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