Shocker!

Via BBC:

An al-Shabab commander who was the target of a recent abortive US special forces raid in Somalia had spent time in the UK, the BBC has learned.

Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir, widely known as Ikrima, has been linked to alleged terror plots in Kenya.

Friends have told the BBC that he came to the UK in 2007 and spent time in London, before moving to Somalia the following year.

US Navy Seals failed in an attempt to capture him on 5 October.

The raid followed an attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on 21 September that lasted four days and left at least 67 people dead.

Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the siege.