Kenyan authorities arrested a man allegedly connected to the Westgate terror attack on Thursday on charges of attempting to commit an assault in Mombasa, Reuters reported.
After anti-terrorism officers arrested Swaleh Abdallah Said, he led them to a house in Mombasa where they discovered explosives, a grenade, two mobile phones, and several passports.
"We are requesting four days to conclude investigations because we are linking the accused to the recent acts of terrorism at Westgate in Nairobi," prosecutor Simon Waithaka told the magistrate's court.
Waithaka added that Said was carrying unauthorized explosives.
Said, a Kenyan citizen, denies all charges.
Said Nassir Haddir, a 19-year-old high school student, was also arrested on Thursday in connection to the Westgate attack.
"The student holds a valid Tanzanian passport and we have reasonable evidence that he communicated with some of the Westgate terror suspects being held by police in Nairobi," said Mombasa county police commander Robert Kitur.
Last Saturday, U.S. Navy SEALs invaded the port of Barawe in Somalia hoping to capture a senior al Shabaab leader named Abdikadar Mohamed Abdikadar, also called Ikrima, but were unsuccessful in their raid.
Earlier this week, Norwegian authorities launched an investigation into a citizen of Somali origin for possibly being related to the attack in Nairobi.
Norway's TV2 reported earlier this week that Ikrima applied for asylum in Norway in 2004 but left in 2008 before a decision was made on his application.
On Sept. 28, authorities said they detained eight people associated with the Westgate attack but it is unknown if they are still in custody and/or if they were charged.
Kenya recently named four terrorists -- Abu Baara al-Sudani, Omar Nabhan, Khattab al-Kene, and Umayr -- all of which died in a shootout with police at the mall.
