Kenyan converts return to take charge of jihadist killings

Lamu, Kenya: News that the people leading the attacks in Lamu County are Kenyans shed the spotlight on the issue of homegrown terrorists, or rented terrorism, as security experts put it.

A report prepared early this month by the National Intelligence Service said the man who led the attacks in Mpeketoni is a Kenyan by the name of Idris Kamau. The report further revealed that the commander of the Al Shabaab cell operating at the Coast region is Abu Jamal, a former Kenya Defence Forces soldier.