But according to a Kenyan intelligence official, the small shop concealed an ominous secret. It was rented by the Al-Shabaab terrorists, or their associates, who within a year would carry out an attack on the upscale shopping mall.
The information --
revealed Friday to CNN by the source, who is close to the investigation
into the attack -- suggests the Somalian terror organization had been
planning the operation at least that long.
How the team of
terrorists got their weapons and explosives into the mall without notice
is a central part of the investigation into the attack, which left at
least 67 people dead and parts of the upscale mall in ruins.
The Kenya Red Cross said
Friday that 61 people remain unaccounted for. Some could be buried in
the rubble of the partially collapsed mall.
Photos: Kenya mourns mall shooting victims
Voices from the Westgate Mall
Bergen: Unlikely women were attackers
At least five of the
terrorists also died before Kenyan forces were finally able to bring the
siege to an end on Tuesday. The terrorists stormed the building
Saturday.
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