Police shoot dead terror suspect as 'most wanted terrorist' escapes

Officers carry the body of the late Idris Mohamed alias Rasta who was killed by officers at Bondeni in Mombasa County. Idris was in the list of wanted suspects. [Photo: Kelvin Karan/Standard]

Mombasa, Kenya: Police stormed a house in Mombasa and killed a man they alleged is a wanted terrorist with links to Al-Shabaab but missed a man they termed as the most wanted terrorist behind the Westgate attack.

A source told The Standard that although police said they killed a terror suspect, Abdikadar Mohamed Abdikadar, an Al-Shabaab leader known as Ikrima escaped. Our sources did not indicate how and when Ikrima entered Kenya.