The Kenyan government is calling Mohamed Mohamud, also known by aliases Dulyadin and Gamadhere, the mastermind of last Thursday's Kenya university terror attack, according to a tweet from the country's Interior Ministry.
The ministry has posted a "Most Wanted" notice for Mohamud in connection with the attack. It offers a reward of 20 million Kenyan shillings, which is about $215,000.
"We appeal to anyone with any info on #Gamadhere to share with relevant authorities and security agencies," the Interior Ministry posted on Twitter.
Also Sunday, Kenya's Interior Ministry identified one of the terrorists involved in the Garissa University College attack as Abdirahim Abdullahi.
Abdullahi's father, Abdullahi Daqare, a government chief in Mandera in northern Kenya, told CNN that his son is missing.
Daqare is a Kenyan Somali, he said.
His son graduated in 2013 from Nairobi University law school and worked for a bank for two months before he went missing, Daqare said in a phone interview.
"I have received reports from people who found information (on) the Internet that my son was one of the terrorists," Daqare said. "I previously told the government that the son is missing. I sought their help to find the whereabouts of my son."
He added that the two had not been in contact his the son disappeared. Daqare said he had "really given up on him."
The ministry has posted a "Most Wanted" notice for Mohamud in connection with the attack. It offers a reward of 20 million Kenyan shillings, which is about $215,000.
"We appeal to anyone with any info on #Gamadhere to share with relevant authorities and security agencies," the Interior Ministry posted on Twitter.
Also Sunday, Kenya's Interior Ministry identified one of the terrorists involved in the Garissa University College attack as Abdirahim Abdullahi.
Abdullahi's father, Abdullahi Daqare, a government chief in Mandera in northern Kenya, told CNN that his son is missing.
Daqare is a Kenyan Somali, he said.
His son graduated in 2013 from Nairobi University law school and worked for a bank for two months before he went missing, Daqare said in a phone interview.
"I have received reports from people who found information (on) the Internet that my son was one of the terrorists," Daqare said. "I previously told the government that the son is missing. I sought their help to find the whereabouts of my son."
He added that the two had not been in contact his the son disappeared. Daqare said he had "really given up on him."
