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Police say terror suspect Omar Nabhan escaped 2003 raid

Mombasa Deputy Governor Hazel Katana (right) at the Salvation Army Church in Mombasa Central which was torched by rioters last week. [PHOTO: KEVIN ODIT/STANDARD]

By Standard Team

Intelligence agents in Mombasa believe Omar Nabhan, who is said to have taken part in the Westgate terrorist attack, may have escaped from Mombasa after a raid on his father’s residence following the 2002 bombing of an Israeli hotel in Kikambala, Kilifi.

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