Kenya: Terror massacre was 'led by the English white widow': Gang mastermind in a veil barked orders at gunmen in horror that left 68 dead

• Kenyan official reveals he suspects the involvement of fugitive 7/7 'white widow' Samantha Lewthwaite
• UK death toll expected to rise following Saturday's attack at Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya
• Men, women and children slaughtered if they could not recite Koran or name Prophet Mohammed's mother
• Terror group Al Shabaab posts names online of some of 15 'holy warriors' who it says carried out attack
• Al Shabaab claims two British men from London, Liban Adam and Ahmed Nasir Shirdoon, were involved

Terror link: Samantha Lewthwaite, 29, originally from Buckinghamshire, was described as a 'brave lady' by Islamist terror group Al Shabaab

The terror attack on a Kenyan shopping centre that has left 68 dead was being led by the white English widow of a 7/7 bomber, it was claimed last night.

Soldiers said a white woman wearing a veil was shouting orders to gunmen in Arabic during the bloody massacre inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.

Islamist terror group Al Shabaab claimed it carried out the atrocity in which three Britons were killed and 175 people were left injured.


It said last night on Twitter that Samantha Lewthwaite, the ‘white widow’ of London 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, was ‘in their ranks’ and a ‘brave lady’.

Fifteen hostages were still trapped inside the shopping centre after more than 24 hours of carnage.

The attack saw men, women and children slaughtered if they could not recite the Koran or name the mother of the Prophet Mohammed.

As well as boasting Lewthwaite was with them, Al Shabaab claimed two British men from London, Liban Adam, 23, and Ahmed Nasir Shirdoon, 24, were among the ‘holy warriors’ in the attack.

The group is said to be highly organised, with huge amounts of ammunition as well as night vision equipment.

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