Samantha Lewthwaite or popularly known as the White Widow is now an household name amongst Kenyans and the anti terror global community.
She has been alleged to be amongst the masterminds if not the attackers in the deadly Westgate mall attack that as of now has reportedly claimed 69 deaths and massive injuries.
The debate on wether she participated in the attacks continues to escalate with witnesses saying they saw a white woman,police also reportedly killed one of the attackers identified only as a white woman,the Al Shabaab(terror group that claimed attack responsibility) have continued to deny vehemently the involvement of a female in the suicidal attack mission.
As all these rages on,through Kenya government's request,the Interpol have issued a global red alert on Samantha who is now classified as one of the most wanted terrorists in the world.
But apart from her names and several pictures less about her is known to the public. Nairobi Exposed has then through facts findings profiled a list of ten things you probably didn't know about the terror suspect.
•She is a Briton born in December,1983.
•Born in a military family,she is the youngest daughter,the father is a British soldier.
• Born a Christian but at the age of 15 she converted into Islam and became a radical believer following the radical clerics' teachings.
• Her parents separated when she was 11,a fact that according to her friends' interview with The Sun greatly affected her and could possibly be one of the reasons she turned out animalistic.
• Germain Lindsay her then husband was 19 years when he went on a suicide bomb attack at a train line in London back in 2005 now famous as 7/7,he blew up killing over 50 people from that attack.
•Samantha and Germain both met on Facebook where she was looking for a Muslim man to marry and settle with.
• Natalie Faye Webb is one of the three identities that Samantha uses. It's this same names that she illegally acquired a South African passport baring the Natalie's. The names are stolen identities from a nurse in Essex.
Using the South African passport,she gained entry into Kenya where together with other terrorists planned to launch an attack at a tourist hotel in Mombasa.
The plan was however botched after police caught up with them following intelligence feeds. She would later bribe her way out of police custody.
• In 2011 she was living in Mombasa where she rented out up to five apartments believed to be used as safe houses for planning terror attacks.
• She has three kids both of whomshe stayed together with in Kenya and refusing to take them to school.
• She owns and runs Muslim Youths Centre believed to have it's headquarters in Majengo,Nairobi. The group which is affiliated with radical clerics like Abud Rogo,Makaburi amongst others and Al Shabaab. This is the group that has been facilitating the recruitment of Kenyans into joining the Al Shabab in Somalia and later launch attacks in Kenya.
• She is currently on the run after the Interpol issued the warrant of arrest.
•She is described with friends as a lovely and of friendly attitude making it nearly impossible to believe her actions.
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