Let the denials begin: Kenyan mall gunman was a Chelsea fan before he was radicalised in Somalia (PICTURED)

 

Norwegian-Somali Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow sits on a rock during a school outing in Larvik, Norway. The picture was taken six years before the mall shootings he is thought to have taken part inNorwegian-Somali Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow sits on a rock during a school outing in Larvik, Norway. The picture was taken six years before the mall shootings he is thought to have taken part in

 

Suspected Kenyan mall terrorist Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow has been revealed as a Chelsea fan as pictures his life begin to emerge.

The Somali-born 23-year-old, who lived in Norway, was identified by a neighbour two days ago who saw CCTV images of him carrying out the atrocity.

The report is now being investigated along with suggestions the Dhuhulow left his home in Larvik, 75 miles south of Oslo, for Somalia in 2009 where he was radicalised by the militant group, al-Shabab.

 

Dhuhulow is believed to have links to Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed, known as Ikrima, who is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the Somali terror group.

Former neighbour Morten Henriksen told BBC’s Newsnight that one of the attackers on the video clip, in a black shirt or jacket, could be Dhuhulow, whom he described to the programme as ‘pretty extreme’.

In total at least 67 people died in the September siege and it remains unclear how many militants were involved.

A former classmate of Dhuhulow’s at Thor Heyerdahl High School said she was shocked when she found out he was a suspect in the Nairobi attack.

‘The video I saw looks a lot like him. But it’s difficult to see,’ said the former classmate, who didn’t want her name to be used.

‘He was a quiet guy,’ she said. ‘He was very committed to his religion, but not extreme. He brought a prayer mat to school.’

Identity: The hostage takers in the video have not yet been identified by authoritiesDhuhulow is being investigated over the attack on Kenya’s Westgate shopping centre last month – a relative said he could be the one dressed in a black shirt or jacket
According to one of his relatives who watched CCTV footage of shooting he may 'have been brainwashed'Brainwashed: According to one of his relatives who watched CCTV footage of shooting he may ‘have been brainwashed’Larvik is a coastal town of about 40,000, tucked in between the woods and the sea, surrounded by agricultural land and close to the mountains.

Community leader Mohamed Hassan said that Dhuhulow, as a boy, would listen to his elders in the mosque and be respectful.

‘He was not a troublemaker here in Larvik,’ Mr Hassan said.

Yesterday it was revealed that two charred bodies pulled from the building in Nairobi ‘highly likely’ to be attackers, a Kenyan MP told the BBC.

Ndung’u Gethenji, chairman of the parliamentary committee investigating the attack, also said the body of a Kenyan soldier had been recovered.

Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed, known as Ikrima in Kenya, is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab and is believed to have spent some time in Norway.

He is thought to have been a target of a SEAL raid earlier this month, although he managed to escape.

Last week, Norway’s intelligence agency, the PST, said it had sent officers to Kenya to verify reports that a Norwegian citizen was involved in the attack on the Nairobi mall.

During the week chilling footage emerged of the moment a terrorist mercilessly gunned down a shopper during the attack.

Surveillance video from a supermarket in the shopping centre shows the moment terrified men, women and children ran for their lives from the attackers.

Chilling: Surveillance footage has emerged of the moment a gunman shot down a shopper in the Kenyan mall attack last month

Chilling: Surveillance footage has emerged of the moment a gunman shot down a shopper in the Kenyan mall attack last month

Fear: Men, women and children run for their lives as the terrorists target the shopFear: Men, women and children run for their lives as the terrorists target the shop

The chilling video clips show just the first day of the bloody massacre.

In one a terrorist is shown shooting a man who desperately tries to crawl away before the merciless killer returns and shoots him again.

In another surveillance video the British four-year-old who famously told one of the terrorists that he was a ‘very bad man’ can be seen with his mother and six-year-old sister.

The Somali Islamic group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the assault and said it was in retaliation for Kenya sending troops into neighboring Somalia.

The killers, who were dressed in Western clothes, ordered all Muslims to leave, before carrying out rudimentary tests to see if hostages could recite the Koran and name the mother of the Prophet Mohammed.

Witnesses told how terrorists with faces hidden by Islamic scarves stormed the building, tossing grenades and spraying shoppers with AK-47s.

At one point Kenyan authorities said a woman might have been involved in the attack, prompting speculation that British terrorist suspect Samantha Lewthwaite – who was married to July 7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay – might have had some connection with the attack.

Dubbed the ‘White Widow’, Lewthwaite is known to be in East Africa and is wanted over alleged links to a terrorist cell that planned to bomb the country’s coastal resorts. Interpol issued a notice asking for help in capturing the 29-year-old fugitive over the 2011 plot.

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