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CID ballistics expert Lawrence Nthiwa. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/STANDARD]
Nairobi, Kenya: Terrorists who attacked Westgate Shopping Mall on September 21 last year used firearms from different countries, a trial court heard Wednesday.
Lawrence Nthiwa, a ballistics expert from the CID headquarters laboratory, told the court that Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) officers investigating the attack submitted eight damaged AK47 and G3 rifles, 927 spent cartridges, and 131 bullets recovered in the Mall.
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