A ruling on whether four suspects charged with the Westgate Mall attack have a case to answer was scheduled to be delivered on January 14, 2019.
Three of the four suspects charged with the Westgate Mall attack have a case to answer, Magistrate Francis Andayi has ruled.
Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah, Adnan Ibrahim and Hussein Hassan are accused of being behind the Westgate shopping Mall attack on September 21, 2013.
Three of the four suspects charged with the Westgate Mall attack have a case to answer, Magistrate Francis Andayi rules.
Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah, Adnan Ibrahim and Hussein Hassan are accused of being behind the Westgate shopping mall attack on September 21, 2013. pic.twitter.com/b5yOjnYOUe— Robin Njogu (@robinnjogu) January 14, 2019
The ruling was to be delivered on Thursday, December 20 but Trial Magistrate Francis Andayi said he was not ready to issue a verdict, therefore set another date.
The suspects had originally denied the charge of being involved in the mall attack, which killed 67 people and left more than 100 others injured.
They are also charged with aiding terrorist groups and being in Kenya illegally. 145 witnesses testified against the accused persons.
The extremist Islamic group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, which it characterised as retribution for the Kenyan military”s deployment in the group’s home country of Somalia.
Many media outlets also suspected the insurgent group’s involvement in the attack based on earlier reprisal warnings it had issued in the wake of Operation Linda Nchi from 2011 to 2012.
The incident led to the loss of many precious lives and property as well there many still living with permanent physical and emotional damages from wounds inflicted on the day.