Pupil’s essay may lead to key Westgate attack suspect
A composition that a pupil wrote at school
helped detectives identify a key witness who may provide crucial
information on the Saturday’s Westgate Mall attack.
The
pupil in a Nairobi school, told how his aunt’s life was saved by a
stranger who warned her to leave the mall just one hour before the
deadly attack.
The woman was at the mall when a man
approached and advised her to leave as quickly as possible since “there
was going to be a stampede.”
The pregnant woman, who stays in Gigiri, rushed home and shared the information with the family members.
Her
nephew then went to school and when asked to write a composition about
how he spent his Saturday, he narrated how his aunt survived the attack
following the warning.
According to the pupil’s
teachers, who contacted the police about the composition, he had written
about what his aunt had told him.
Through the child, detectives traced the woman who Wednesday gave a detailed description of the man and how he warned her.
“The
woman was told to leave the mall because being pregnant, she could not
manage to get out because of the mayhem that was about to unfold. We
believe she will give useful information to assist us,” the investigator
said.
This, detectives say, indicates the group had positioned themselves in strategic positions around the mall.
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