Recall the last memory of the last guy to pass close to the Dusit attack suicide bomber before the explosion?
“When I walked past him I could hear him argue on phone. He seemed to be asking where the rest of his colleagues were and his hand was moving over his chest,” Abdullahi Ogelo said during an interview with a local TV station.
Well the identity of the stressed but dangerous man has been revealed as 25-year-old Mahir Khalid Riziki born and brought up in Majengo area of Mombasa town.
Its believed by police that while attending prayers at Musa Mosque the suicide bomber met his recruiter, Ramadhan Hamisi Kafungwa who is crrently in Somalia fighting alongside Al-Shabaab while inviting more Kenyan recruits.
In October 2014, Mahir was involved in the killing of a police officer at Royal Court Hotel. The team was led by Ismael Mohamed Shosi alias Ismael Mmanga, a former resident of Bondeni.Shosi was killed by security agencies in September 27, 2016 at his hideout in Mwandoni after resisting arrest.
Mahir fled to hide in Tanzania in November 2014 after security agencies posted his photo as a wanted person.In early 2015, Mahir confirmed to his family in Mombasa that he had relocated to Somalia where he was training with Al-Shabaab.
It has also emerged that in November and December 2018, Mahir would regularly contact his wife Suhaila Mwalim Bakari to find out about her status and that of his family. Suhaila never reported about her husband to the police.