Terror suspect Fawaz Ahmed Hamdun in a Mombasa court on October 2. Police had asked to hold him in custody for 20 days pending investigations
Between 2008 and 2012, one Fawaz Ahmed Hamdun was a household name in Mombasa football circles.
Then a pupil at Kikoani Primary School in Mombasa’s Old Town, Hamdun was a star attacking midfielder whose exploits on the soccer pitch won his team, Korea FC, many trophies.
He would later drop out of school to pursue football full time, according to former neighbours. As his fame spread, so did opportunities arise. Hamdun would suddenly go off the radar after 2012, when he moved from Old Town to Majengo estate.
RADICALISED
It is at Majengo that Hamdun, who is currently in detention at the Mombasa police station on terror-related charges, is believed to have been radicalised at the Masjid Musa and started recruiting youths for the al-Shabaab terror group under the Kufungwa Recruitment Network.
Among those Hamdun is alleged to have recently recruited and facilitated his travel to Somalia is 20-year-old Faris Hadi, who was on September 8 reported missing by his family.
