While the nation was in shock over the Dusit D2 explosion, another family got two hard blows, of the attack and of the news that their son was a mastermind behind the cruel act.
A multi-agency team was already on the ground to investigate Farouk, his upbringing and associates.
His sister in an interview has broken down while narating the changes Ali has taken in disbelief of his actions.She has said they as a family had dissociated from him after he left home and informed that he was taking an online course that they did’t know of but he constantly bragged about on facebook, posts that the sibling reveals he has since deleated.
In a new revelation, one interviewer spilled that Ali SalimGichunge was a common thief stealing phones before he switched to terrorim.
Hakukua anajulikana kama mgaidi kwa sababu alijulikana tu mwizi wa kawaida kwa sababu ndoalikua anaiba watu simu. Wakati walikua wanaibia watu simu apa Majengo..eeh.wakati askari walikua serious sasa na kudeal na hao wezi wa simu yeye alitoweka, alikua na wengine wanaitwa akina Rutahi Mwaniki…waliendawakabadilisha majina na walikua wanaishi Kialala, Chaniaroba wetemele na hio Majengo lakini naskia watu wakisema walienda kujiunga na kikundi cha Al-shabaab.
In English:
(He wasn’t known as a terrorist because he was mainly known as a common thief for reasons he would steal phones. When they were robbing people phones in Majengo,..mmh it was when the police got serious in nabbing the mobile thieves that he ran away,the others he was with were Rutahi,Mwaniki..they wen’t and changed thier names. They used to leave at Kialala, Chaniaroba, Wetemele and that Majengo but i hear people say they wen’t and joined the Al-Shabaab regime.)
MASK OFF: Unmasking key #Riverside terror suspect Ali Salim Gichunge pic.twitter.com/gg7lT4AL6P
— Nairobi News (@Nairobi_News) January 18, 2019