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The US State Department has offered $10 million (Ksh1.2 Billion) for any information that will lead to the arrest of Mohamoud Abdi Aden. 

The US State Department has offered $10 million (Ksh1.2 Billion) for any information that will lead to the arrest of Mohamoud Abdi Aden. 

Mohamoud Abdi Aden is the mastermind of the DusitD2 attack which occurred on January 15, 2019. 

This was announced on Thursday, January 12,  in a joint media briefing by the US ambassador Meg Whitman and the Director of DCI Mr Mohamed Amin at the DCI headquarters along Kiambu road. 

File image of Mohamoud Abdi Aden

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Mohamoud Abdi Aden aka Mohamoud Abdirahman was part of the cell that planned the DusitD2 Hotel attack, the last major terrorist attack in the country 4 years ago. 

On January 15, 2019, Al Shabaab gunmen, armed with explosives, automatic weapons, and grenades, attacked the dusitD2 building, a six-storey complex of shops, offices, and the hotel.

At least 21 people, including one US citizen, were killed in the assault.

“Al Shabaab is responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in Kenya, Somalia, and neighbouring countries that have killed thousands of people, including US citizens. The terrorist group continues to plot, plan, and conspire to commit terrorist acts against the United States and its interests, and foreign partners,” Ambassador Whitman said.