Nairobi, Nov. 27 -- A call to Egypt was the first indicator on the nature of the identity of the Westgate mall attackers. The caller - Somali-Norwegian Hassan Mohammed Dhuhulow - was reaching his uncle Abdi Mohammed Dhuhulow.
By then, global media were breaking news of the bloodbath.
"Watch BBC and Al Jazeera. I am responsible for that. Say bye to the family," he reportedly told his uncle.
During the early hours of the attack, Dhuhulow had been shot in the leg by Constable Ali Miraji, who told Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi that he had mistaken the terrorists for General Service Unit (GSU) officers.
When the attackers started shooting at him, the police officer returned fire.
CCTV images from inside the mall during the siege later sho...