Kenya extradites US citizen planning to join Al Shabaab
New York Police Department’s Commissioner Edward A. Caban faulted Nasr for failing to embrace all that the US had to offer him instead choosing to move abroad and committing himself to supporting a terrorist organisation. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
A US citizen allegedly inspired by Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel was arrested in the Kenyan capital Nairobi mid-this month on his way to join the Al Shabaab terror network in Somalia.
Karrem Nasr, 23, from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, was arrested on December 14 after flying from Egypt to Nairobi, where federal prosecutors say he was planning to meet with al-Shabaab members before travelling to train in Somalia, where the terror group is based.
