Female terror suspect ‘using identity of 7/7 bomber’s widow’

Kenyan police are hunting a British woman using the identity of the widow of one of the suicide bombers who attacked London’s transport system

The suspect has been using several identities, including those of Samantha Lewthwaite and Natalie Faye Webb, a Kenyan official said. Lewthwaite is the widow of Jermaine Lindsay, one of the suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters in multiple bombings of London’s transport system on 7 July 2005.

It is understood that Faye Webb is also the victim of identity theft.

The official said he cannot confirm if the woman is Lewthwaite. Police are working with Scotland Yard on the case.

He said the woman is suspected to be part of a cell that planned to bomb the Kenyan coast in December in retaliation for a military incursion into Somalia. Kenya sent troops across the border in October after attacks by Somali gunmen on Kenyan soil. The Kenyan government blamed the attacks on the al-Qaeda-affiliated Somali militant group al-Shabaab.