Mahfudh Ashur Hemed and his son Ibrahim Mahfudh Ashur. Mahfudh Ashur Hemed and his son Ibrahim Mahfudh Ashur left Shimo La Tewa Maximum Prison in Mombasa after 13 years behind bars. The duo was accused of harbouring and aiding Fazul Abdullah, the terrorist responsible for the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi, to escape. Hemed and Ashur were found guilty in 2019 of being accessories to the murder of 219 people in the attack on the embassy. Police had said they recovered a shaver and a passport photo of Fazul in the home of Hemed and Ashur.

Source: Standard Digital July 08, 2021 15:00 UTC