husband s al qaeda ties and as a decent she averhld, innocent, lacking confidence, shy, very easy to get along with. reporter: since then, authorities say that lewthwaite slipped out of england with her children and joined up with african terrorists, traveling to kenya on a forged passport under the name of natalie faye webb. we know she was a figure of some importance within the organization. at an organizational level. reporter: british tabloids call her the white widow and she reportedly wrote in diaries seized by police that she wanted her young children to grow up as terrorists and die like their father. authorities have been seeking her for more than a year in connection with another al shabaab terror attack on a nightclub in kenya. but the new interpol notice suggests the urgency with which she is bought sought whether or not she was involved in the mall massacre. brian ross, abc news, new york. what is so dangerous about her, it is easy for her to blend in. if she wan
the westgate mall. based on her known ties to african terror groups and eyewitness accounts of a mystery woman who was part of the attack. a woman with gray eyes. reporter: kenyan officials had earlier reported all of the attackers were men, including some who dressed as women. but counterterror experts say the 29-year-old samantha lewthwaite has been actively involved with the al shabaab group and the kenyan offshoot that claimed responsibility the mall massacre. she said she wants to die or martyr herself on behalf of that group. reporter: samantha lewthwaite grew up in a small town north of in over 15 years t from schoolgirl to party girl to wife of one of the terrorists who carried out suicide attacks on the london subway and bus system in 2005. after the attacks, samantha lewthwaite, the mother of two, denied any knowledge o
connection with a 2011 plot to bomb targets across kenya. she was once married to one of the london subway bombers and officials have not connected her to the mall massacre, but there were reports that a white woman was one of the attackers. al shabaab is threatening to carry out more assaults saying that the mall attack was just act one. and kenya s intelligence agency released a report from exactly one year before the attack that al shabaab was determined to strike the westgate mall. eric holder says there s no reason to believe al shabaab is planning to strike here in the united states. we re dealing now with a different threat environment. i would not say we have any credible evidence that al shabaab is planning to do anything in the united states. i m not sure if they have the capacity to do anything in the united states. doesn t mean that we re not taking the threat they posed as a serious one. holder says despite claims from kenyan officials saying
he suffered brain damage and will never fully recover. experts say fights like this are usually fueled by alcohol. when you combine passion for your sports team, too much to drink and too many people, you ve got a recipe for disaster. reporter: san francisco s police chief has a message for fans everywhere. just be respectful of each other when you go to these games. remember, it s a game. reporter: dan simon, cnn, san francisco. now, the family of bryan stow is speaking out about the latest violence. his sister bonnie released this statement, we are saddened by this senseless killing and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim s family. there s a lot of other news developing at this very hour. let s go to michaela for the latest hours. officials in kenya may have lucked out in finding a suspect at the mall massacre. a man acting like a victim dropped a machine gun magazine during the evacuation. he s now being held at a
and graduate at the speed of you. flexpath from capella university learn more at capella.edu welcome back to early start. authorities in kenya have a man suspected of taking part in the mall massacre in custody. they say he was trying to take off with one of the shoppers evacuating that mall and found out when machine gun ammunition fell out of his pockets. in the meantime, the fbi in sin nairobi shifting with this ongoing investigation. there is growing concern that some of the perpetrators were able to escape alongside all of the fleeing victims. at least 67 people died in the attack by al shabaab terrorists and dozens more still unaccounted for at this hour and there is speculation one of the mall tackeattackers was a briti national dubbed the white widow.