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Kenyan and Briton behind terror attacks killed in Sunday raid on Kenya army camp identified

Kenyan soldiers display firearms recovered from felled Al-Shaabab militants after a botched raid on a KDF camp in Lamu. [Photo: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

Two Kenyan commanders in Somalia’s Al-Shabaab and a British jihadist Thomas Evans, also known as Abdul Hakim – who joined the terrorists after converting to Islam at the age of 19 – are among 11 militants killed by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

Evans was allowed to travel abroad by British authorities who ignored warnings from his mother after she expressed her concern at his behaviour.

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