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Faces of terror: Know any of these suspects? Please call or SMS


Police on Sunday released photos of suspected wanted over last week’s terror attack at 14 Riverside complex in Nairobi.

Police have appealed to the public to help them trace and arrest six men and a woman believed to be part of a network that masterminded the attack that left 21 people dead.

In a statement, the National Police Service urged the public to call or SMS immediately they see Didu Mohamed Fugicha, Boru Abdi Bidu, Ramadhan Wario Bonaya, Abdi Ali Kachora, Gaddafi Aka Munene, Omari and Hussein Addan Hussein.

Police did not release the name of one of the suspects but described all of them as armed and dangerous.

The suspects are believed to be members of a cell that originated in Isiolo and travelled to Somalia to join Al Shabaab between May and June 2017, before returning to Kenya to stage the attack

The public appeal comes as the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) was on Friday allowed to continue holding five people, among them a Canadian, suspected to have aided the terrorists who attacked 14 Riverside office complex.

The suspects include Joel Ng’ang’a Wainaina and Oliver Kanyago Muthee, both taxi drivers, Ms Gladys Kaari Justus, an Mpesa agent in Maua, Meru county, Mr Guleid Abdihakim, a Canadian and Osma Ibrahim.