How an online exchange tied suspect to Dusit hotel attack

Abdille Ali, one of the suspects in the2019 DusitD2 complex attack in court during the hearing of the case. [File, Standard]

One of the DusitD2 terror attack suspects, Hussein Mohamed Abdille, Thursday, told the court how his primary school headteacher lured him into being arrested by the police.

Abdille stated that at the time of his arrest in January 2019, he was a high school student at a day school in Mandera, and the teacher reached out to inquire about his educational journey.

“He called me and said that there was something he needed us to talk about and that I should meet him at Jamia Mosque,” said Abdille.