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Police: White widow Samantha Lewthwaite is still in Somalia

The fate of fugitive terrorist Samantha Lewthwaite, nicknamed White Widow, remained unclear as Kenyan security sources said they believed she was still in Somalia.

The Interpol office in Nairobi and Anti-Terror Police Unit said separately they had no confirmation Ms Lewthwaite was killed in Ukraine as claimed. The security agencies' reports were corroborated by counter-terror officials in Nairobi who also claimed she was living in southern Somalia.

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