Interpol Seeks The “White Widow”

A British woman is being sought by Interpol on charges of possessing explosives in 2011 but is widely suspected as being a part of the terrorist attacks on a Kenyan shopping mall last week.

Samantha Lewthwaite, 29, was married to one of the four homicide bombers who launched an attack in London on July 7, 2005. Nicknamed the “white widow,” she has been closely linked to the al-Qaeda related terrorist organization al-Shabab. That group claimed responsibility for the Kenyan mall attack. Continue reading