STORY HIGHLIGHTS
-Official: Woman among the attackers, but not known if she's Lewthwaite
-Samantha Lewthwaite was married to one of the bombers who attacked London in 2005 -She is wanted by the Kenyan authorities, who say she is the "White Widow"
-They say she became part of a terror cell linked to the Somali group Al-Shabaab
British-born Samantha Lewthwaite was once seen as a kind of victim of
the July 2005 London terror attacks -- the pregnant wife of one of the
suicide bombers who killed 52 people, now left alone to care for her
children.
She condemned the
attacks, but then vanished. Now, Kenyan authorities say, she is the
infamous "White Widow," alleged to be a supporter and financier of
people linked to the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab.
Reports that a white
woman was among the terrorists who stormed Nairobi, Kenya's upscale
Westgate shopping mall on Saturday -- an operation for which Al-Shabaab
has claimed responsibility -- have prompted a slew of media speculation
that she might have been involved.
But no official
confirmation has been given. A senior Kenyan government official said a
woman was among the attackers. Yet it is "impossible" based on the
government's photo evidence (and before a forensics examination is
complete) to determine if this woman is Lewthwaite.
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