One week after the Westgate attack, the military went on record to give details of what was widely believed to have been the identities of the mall attackers.
There was Abu Baara-al Sudani, Sudan-trained and an Al Qaeda member, also the leader of the four. Also identified was Omar Rabhan, a Kenyan of Arab origin born in Mombasa who had travelled to Somalia with his uncle at the aged of 16. The third was Khatab al-Kene, a Somali native from Mogadishu with strong links to the Al Shabaab and finally, rather scantily, Umayr al-Mogadish.