Senior Kenyan Official Confirms Nairobi Mall Attackers “Multinational Collection From All Over World” | Weasel Zippers

As we reported yesterday and our information went beyond simply relying upon a CNN tweet. Again, we will not know for certain until the attackers are defeated. This attack also went off at the same time as an attack in Mogadishu, an attack that is not receiving the attention the Nairobi attack is, which attack was also claimed by al-Shabab.

(Reuters) – Gunmen involved in an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall came from several countries, a senior Kenyan security official said on Monday, without revealing what those nations were.

“We have an idea who they are, their nationality and even the number,” said Julius Karangi, Kenya’s chief of general staff, adding that militants were “clearly a multinational collection from all over the world.”

“We have also have an idea that this is not a local event. We are fighting global terrorism here and we have sufficient intel (intelligence) to suggest that,” he said.