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Here is the identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself at DusitD2 Hotel- HASSAN JOHO knows him well

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DAILY POST: Here is the identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself at DusitD2 Hotel- HASSAN JOHO knows him well 03:27 Saturday January 19, 2019-Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has finally revealed the identity of Al Shabaab suicide bomber who blew himself when terrorists attacked DusitD2 hotel on Tuesday.
According to KDF‘s Military Intelligence, the suicide bomber is twenty five year old Mahir Khalid Rizik. Rizik is said to have grown up in Mombasa and was recruited at the Musa Mosque in Mombasa county. The intelligence also revealed that Rizik had been in Somalia for training for the last year but came to Kenya on January 13, 2019 where he linked up with Farouk Gichunge at his Mucatha home.

CCTV footage of Rizik blowing himself up minutes before his fellow terrorists started shooting randomly at the people in the complex has been circulating online. 

However, it was impossible to identify him immediately as his body was blown into pieces beyond recognition. The Dusit complex terror attack left 21 people dead and scores injured. Kenya security forces managed to evacuate 700 people.

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