Four Somalis charged in connection with Westgate mall massacre in Kenya
Suspects accused of entering Kenya illegally and obtaining false identification documents
Kenya charged four men yesterday in connection with the Westgate mall massacre in September that took at least 67 lives, an attack Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsibility for.
"The accused persons carried out a terrorist attack at Westgate Shopping Mall on September 21 by supporting a terrorist group," the charge sheet read.
All pleaded not guilty to the charges, which also included entering Kenya illegally and obtaining false identification documents.
None are accused of being the gunmen in the mall.
The four, all ethnic Somalis, are Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah, Adan Adan and Hussein Hassan.
The suspects, who had no lawyer, were remanded in custody for one week after the prosecution asked for more time to investigate further.
All the gunmen in the Westgate attack - totalling just four, not the dozen that security forces had initially reported - are understood to have died during the four-day siege.