KDF alongside the JSF capture Abdullahi Dimbil, the mastermind of the 2015 Mandera Bus terrorist attack. [Courtesy]
The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) working together with Jubaland Security Forces (JSF) have arrested Abdullahi Dimbil Ahmed, the mastermind of the 2015 Mandera bus attack.
Dimbil was arrested on Monday together with one of his associates outside the Jubbaland Security Forces camp in Southern Somalia.
Confirming the arrest, the Director of Counter-Terrorism, National Security and Intelligence Analysis David Goldman said Dimbil is a resident of Kutulo area in Wajir County.
“Abdullahi dimbil is a top AS revenue officer. Intelligence reports confirm he is from Kutulo, Wajir County in North Eastern Kenya."
The Terrorism Unit said that the suspect was a financier of terrorist activities as he held revenue for Al-Shabaab estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“He was also responsible for disbursement of payments to fighters and funding cross-border terror attacks,” the Counter Terrorism Unit said.
The suspect is also said to be a high profile officer within AS structures.
He was the mastermind of the 2016 Mandera Bus terrorists attack alongside Mohamed Osman, Mohamed Ahmed, and Abubakar Yunis.
The unit further expressed confidence in the army noting that his capture was a win against terrorism, mainly financing and planning.
Two people were killed in the Mandera bus attack in December 2015, near the north-eastern village of El Wak on the Somali border.
The bus was travelling from Nairobi to Mandera.
During the attack, a group of Muslims travelling on the bus protected Christian passengers by refusing to be separated from them.
Witnesses and authorities said militants who had taken control of the bus tried to separate Muslims from Christians, but the former refused. Instead, the Muslims told the militants to kill them together or leave them alone.
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