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Revealed: Terrorist lived innocuous life in Kiambu estate, loved beef

Guago Estate, Muchatha, Kiambu, that was cordoned off as a crime scene and where one of the dusitD2 Hotel attack terrorists was residing. [Jenipher Wachie/Standard]

The terrorist who participated in the killing of at least 14 people at DusitD2 complex in Riverside Drive, Nairobi, lived an ordinary life in Kiambu and loved listening to blaring Kenyan urban pop music from his Toyota Ractis whose unmuffled exhaust system gave its engine a loud roar.

Ali Salim Gichunge alias Idris or Farouk did not cut the image of a militant. He looked ordinary and loved a fine life.

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