Kenya: Garissa Massacre Planner Joins Isis

9 December 2015

The Kenyan-born mastermind of the massacre of 148 people in Garissa has defected from al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab to a pro-ISIS faction, intelligence reports indicate.

Mohamed Kuno alias Gamadhere, previously al Shabaab Lower Juba commander, joined the more extremist and violent faction in the last week of November.

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