Norwegian-Somali Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow identified as one of the Kenya mall gunmen

 Almost one month after gunmen attacked an upscale mall in Kenya, one of them has been identified as a Norwegian-Somali, officials said Friday, as charred body parts taken from a collapsed portion of the shopping centre awaited forensics analysis to determine if they were the remains of the assailants.

The suspect was identified as Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, the first time officials have confirmed having a real name of one of possibly four attackers from the Somali militant group Al-Shabab who stormed the mall on Sept. 21. Norwegian tax records show a Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow was born in 1990 and was registered at an address in Larvik, southern Norway, as late as 2009.

A former classmate of Dhuhulow’s at Thor Heyerdahl High School — named after the Norwegian adventurer — said she was shocked when she found out he was a suspect in the Nairobi attack.

“The video I saw looks a lot like him. But it’s difficult to see,” said the former classmate, who didn’t want her name to be used because she was uncomfortable being associated with a terror investigation.

One man living in a Scandinavian country, but not Norway, told AP he believes he had met the Norwegian-Somali gunman at a gathering of Somali immigrants in Oslo, Norway’s capital, in 2008.

Yussuf, who only gave his first name for fear of reprisals, recalled the man’s name as Abdi and said he was associated with “pretty radical” circles in Norway