Its so many son’s dream to make their fathers proud of them, but somewhere along the way life may make the task hard and perhaps even take the dream away.This is the story of Dusit D2 attacker Farouk who has hugely disappointed the dad.
Police raided Farouk’s house in Guango estate, Ruaka, on Wednesday where they believe the attack was planned.Farouk was positively identified through his fingerprint samples presented to the Registrar of Persons.
The father further told investigators that he was in shock to see images of his son circulating on social media during the DusitD2 hotel complex terror attack on Tuesday.
Revealing his son’s character and personality he told investigators that his son had big dreams when he sat his KCSE exams at Isiolo Barracks High School in 2011.
His father said he kept in touch with his son, even after separating from his wife, and According to Farouk’s father, he kept in touch with his son even after separating from his wife and supported him financially until 2015 when he lost contact.
The KDF sergeant suspects his son could have been radicalised while studying at a Mombasa mosque where he was also a part-time madrassa teacher.
“He was tapped from Majengo in Nyeri, then taken to Mombasa where he could have been radicalised,” the father said.Yesterday Nyeri county commissioner Fredrick Shisia told reporters that a multi-agency team was already on the ground to investigate Farouk, his upbringing and associates.
The only thing left for Farouk’s family now is the burden of getting over the pain their son has caused so many inividuals in Kenya.