The attack is said to have led to his promotion to the rank of a commander; “before then, he was a gun-for-hire used by Al Shabaab as a facilitator because of his ability to move people, weapons and explosives into Kenya successfully.”
Before then, police says Garar did not fit in the natural mould of a regular Al Shabaab operative “as he did not fight in the jabha (Al Shabaab lingua for the frontline) neither did he hold any specific title in the group until after Westgate Attack when he was made a unit leader or commander.”
Prior to the Westgate Attack, Garar is also said to have quietly facilitated low-level attacks in Kenya and Uganda.
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