Police kill wanted terror suspect in Mombasa

A wanted terror suspect behind a series of attacks targeting security officers has been killed.

Ismael Shoshi alongside his late brother Ikrima Mohamed Shoshi were the main suspects behind the killing of Hashim Omar, an officer within the National Intelligence Service while he was leaving the Mosque near Kunze Mombasa in July, 2015.

The suspect had been in the police ‘most wanted’ list.

He was killed by the Anti-Terrorism Police (ATPU) who raided his rental house in Kisauni, Mombasa.

The residence in which Ismael Shoshi was hiding belongs to one FatumaMasuo, the widow of the late KassimOmollo – an Al-Qaeda operative who was killed in a gun shootout with Police in mid-2013.

Police also recovered a Police G-3 rifle,188 rounds of ammunition for both 9mm Pistol and G-3 rifle, a training manual on how to defeat intelligence, two mobile phones and identification cards belonging to multiple individuals.

According to the police, the suspect has been a fugitive of the law for his terror related activities.

He is linked to the JeyshAyman wing of Al-Shabaab that was responsible for the Mpeketoni attacks of 2014 and the foiled Baure KDF Camp attack of 2015 in which several of his associates were killed.

He was also trained Al-Shabaab operative specialized in assassinations. He was among the suspects responsible for the murder of the chairman of CIPK Mombasa Sheikh Mohamed Idriss inJune 2014.

Ismael Mohamed Shoshi was also the main suspect in the killing of Mohamed Ibrahim, a CID Officer who was murdered in Old Town Mombasa on 25th March 2015.