The international police agency Interpol on Thursday issued a global alert for the arrest of British national Samantha Lewthwaite, who is believed to have carried out terrorist attacks at a shopping mall in Nairobi, SIA reports citing Xinhua.
An Interpol Red Notice said the 29-year-old, who is also believed to use the alias "Natalie Webb", is wanted by Kenya on charges of being in possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony dating back to December 2011. "By requesting an Interpol Red Notice, Kenya has activated a global 'tripwire' for this fugitive," Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said in a statement. "Through the Interpol Red Notice, Kenyan authorities have ensured that all 190 member countries are aware of the danger posed by this woman, not just across the region but also worldwide, " Noble said.
The notice comes amid renewed speculation that British terror suspect, the woman dubbed "The White Widow", was among the militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping center last Saturday.
The Al-Qaida-linked radical group Al-Shabaab has insisted there were no women among the gunmen who killed more than 67 people including 61 civilians and six security personnel and injured 175 at the mall.
But one of the survivors told Kenyan police that she was shot at by a "pale-skinned" woman.
The "White Widow" is suspected to be part of a syndicate of terrorists, who have been operating in the East African nation which hit twice by Al-Qaida operatives in 1998 and 2002.
Lewthwaite is the widow of Germaine Lindsay, one of the four bombers involved in terror attacks in London on July 7, 2005, when 52 people were killed and hundreds more injured.
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