{{Kenya Police in port city Mombasa on Monday killed suspected terrorists Kassim Omolo and Salim Mohamed Nyiro linked to Al Shabaab and a slain Al Qaeda leader wanted over the August 7, 1998 bombing of US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.}}
The operation was conducted by special forces from the Kenya Defence Forces working in concert with Anti-Terror Police unit.
Kassim was described as an expert bomb maker trained with Al Qaeda allied terrorists in Somalia as well as a past accomplice of slain Al Qaeda leader Fazul Abdullah Mohamed who was killed in Mogadishu on June 11, 2011, exactly two years ago.
Kisauni Deputy OCPD Thomas Sanguti described Kassim as “one of the most wanted terrorists” and added that Salim was killed as he “ran towards his bedroom for his gun” indicating the suspect tried to kill security men.
Security officials claimed they had received crucial intelligence from a Kenyan terrorist fugitive living in Somalia and the trove of documents recovered from Kassim early Monday.
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