Samantha famously known as white widow is believed to be responsible for recent attacks on kenyans.Her response is because her mentor and teacher was killed by the goverment of kenya.
Interpol has issued a Red
Notice, or internationally wanted persons
alert, for Samantha Lewthwaite at the
request of authorities in Kenya. Here's what
we know so far about the so-called 'White
Widow'...
* Birth: The daughter of a British Army
soldier, Samantha Lewthwaite was born in
Bainbridge, County Down, Ireland in 1983.
* Conversion: Distressed by the divorce of
her parents, Lewthwaite converted to Islam
during her teens after spending time with
Muslim neighbours and reportedly finding
comfort in their conservative values.
* Education: Schooled in Buckinghamshire,
Lewthwaite went on to start a degree at the
London School of Oriental and African
studies. She dropped out.
* Marriage: Lewthwaite met Germaine
Lindsay on an internet chat room and
married him in 2002.
* 7/7: Three years later, on 7 July 2005,
Lindsay carried out a suicide bomb attack
on a London underground train. 26
civilians were killed. Lewthwaite, then
pregnant with her second child with
Lindsay, denied all knowledge of the attack
and publicly condemned her husband.
* Terrorist allegiance: Lewthwaite is an
alleged member of Somali terrorist group
Al-Shabaab, reported by the Daily Mail to
have performed the role of banker.
* Wanted by police: In February 2012
Kenyan police sought a woman using
Lewthwaite's identity, after a fake passport
with her picture was found in a raid on a
house linked to terrorist activity. It was
later reported that the suspect was
Lewthwaite herself.
* Notebook found: A notebook found by
police at the Kenyan house rented by
Lewthwaite, and allegedly written by her,
contained the framework for a guide to
Jihad. The handwritten document said the
inspiration for the book was given by
Lewthwaite's two children, five and eight,
who told their mother they wanted to be
holy warriors when they grew up.
* Grenade attack: In August 2013 she was
accused of orchestrating a grenade attack
on a bar in Mombasa showing the England -
Italy Euro 2012 football match.
* Westgate: Kenya's foreign minister Amina
Mohamed has said : "I have heard of one
Brit... a woman [involved in the attack]...
and I think she has done this many times
before".
