Two of DusitD2 Complex Attackers Identified as Kenyans from Kiambu, Nyeri Counties

Two of the attackers involved in Tuesday’s terrorist attack at the dusitD2 complex in Westlands, Nairobi have been identified as Kenyans.

One of them hails from Kiambu and other from Nyeri county, The Star reports.

One of the two has been identified as 26-year-old Eric Kinyanjui, who comes from Ngecha Village in Limuru, Kiambu County. The second has been identified as Ali Salim Gichunge alias Idris or Farouk, who was born and brought up in Majengo slum in Nyeri.

The publication reports that documents revealing the identities of the two Kenyans were retrieved from their pockets after they were gunned down during the engagement with security officers.

“They converted to Islam recently and we believe they were brainwashed by Al-Shaabab,” an officer privy to the investigations on the attack told The Star.

Ali Salim Gichunge alias Farouk is said to have been living in Sh40, 000-a-month Ruaka apartment since March 2018.

On Wednesday, anti-terror officers raided the apartment located on Guango estate in Muchatha and arrested Violet Kemunto Omwoyo, who is suspected to be Faruok’s wife.

Preliminary investigations have established that the attackers have been frequenting DusitD2 hotel for the last several weeks on reconnaissance missions.

Addressing the nation on Wednesday, President Kenyatta said all the gunmen were eliminated during the operation to neutralize them.

“The security operation at Dusit is over and the terrorists eliminated."

“We will seek out every person that was involved in the funding, planning, and execution of this heinous act. We will pursue relentlessly wherever they will be until they are held to account,” said Kenyatta.