Born in Kenya to Somali parents , Ikrima is thought to have been associated with the planners of the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya , and of involvement with the 2002 Mombasa attacks . He lived in Norway as an asylum seeker from 2004 to 2008 in the town of Moelv , where he received Norwegian travel documents . He thereafter lived in the United Kingdom for about a year . He is reported to speak several languages , including English , Somali , Swahili , French , Norwegian and some Arabic
1998 United States embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
Ikrima