Two prison for 30 years in 2019 Kenya Hotel attack Youth News

Men provided financial assistance to young fighters who attacked the DusitD2 complex in Nairobi, killing 21 people.

A Kenyan court sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for helping young fighters who were behind a deadly attack in Nairobi behind 21 people in 2019.

On Thursday, Judge Diana Cavida Motchi has ruled that Hussein Mohamed Abdel -Abd and Mohamed Abdel Ali played an important role by helping two attackers escape from a refugee camp using fake identity cards. The pair also provided the group’s financial assistance.

The judge said during the issuance of the ruling, “Without the financiers, the facilitators and their sympathizers, the terrorists cannot achieve their activities,” stressing that their support made the attack possible.

Kavedza said: “The convicts may not have used the physical weapons that caused harm to the victims, but their facilitation enabled the attackers who were armed with weapons with guns, bombs and suicide jackets.”

“This was not a crime with isolated damage. 21 life was lost,” she added, confessing to survivors’ data on their ongoing psychological struggles.

She said: “The emotional scars of the attack are deep.”

Abdel -Abd and Ali was convicted last month on charges of facilitating and conspiracy to commit a “terrorist” work. Both men denied the charges and now he has 14 days to appeal.

The background for attacks

Assault on the market DusitD2 complex In the Kenyan capital, it started on January 15, 2019, when the gunmen stormed the compound and opened the fire.

The security forces launched an operation that lasted more than 12 hours. The government later announced that all the attackers had been killed.

The youth, an armed group linked to al -Qaeda, claimed responsibility, saying that the attack was in Revenge For President Donald Trump’s decision in the United States at the time to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The siege was the first major attack in Nairobi since the 2013 West Gate Mall, which killed 67. In 2015, young people also attacked the University of Jarisa, killing 148 people.

Since Westgate, high -end places in the capital have increased security, including vehicle and pedestrian examination operations.

It serves the DusitD2 complex, such as Westgate, for the wealthy Kenyans and foreign citizens, and often targeted by groups.

The Somali group has repeatedly struck in Kenya, aimed at forcing the Kenyan forces from Somalia, as it is part of a regional force fighting the rebellion.