Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 45–46) or 1985 (age 39–40)[1] Somalia or Kenya |
| Other names | Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir; Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir; Ikrima |
| Citizenship | Kenya |
| Organization | Al-Shabaab |
| Title | Senior leader; has served as the Head of Operations and Logistics |
Reward amount | up to $3 million |
Wanted by | US Department of State |
| Wanted since | 2014 |
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Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir (born 1979 or 1985[1]), better known asIkrima, is a terrorist described as one of the most dangerous commanders of the Somali terror organisationAl-Shabaab.[2][3] He has reportedly been central in the planning of several terror attacks, and responsible for forging links between Al-Shabaab andAl-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).[4]
In 2014 theUnited States Department of State offered a reward of up to 3 million US dollars for information leading to his arrest.[5][6] On August 6, 2021, theU.S. Department of State designated Abdikadir as aSpecially Designated Global Terrorist.[1]
Born in Somalia or Kenya, Abdikadir is thought to have been associated with the planners of the1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya, and of involvement with the2002 Mombasa attacks.[4] He lived inNorway as anasylum seeker from 2004 to 2008 in the town ofMoelv, where he received Norwegian travel documents.[2][4][7] He thereafter lived in theUnited Kingdom for about a year.[8] He is reported to speak several languages, including English, Somali, Swahili, French, Norwegian and some Arabic.[4]
He has allegedly been involved in severalterror plots in Kenya, including a plot targeting theMandera Airport in April 2013, a 2011 plot of training youth to become terrorists, andAl-Qaeda-sanctioned plots of attacks in 2011 and 2012 against theKenyan parliament,United Nations offices inNairobi and Kenyan politicians.[2] It has been speculated that he may have been involved in the planning of the 2013Westgate shopping mall attack, notably as one of the perpetrators,Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow was a Norwegian citizen of Somali origin.[2][4]
Ikrima was the target of the unsuccessfulOctober 2013 raid on Barawe byUS Navy SEALs in the town ofBarawa in Somalia.[2]
