Samantha Lewthwaite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Samantha Lewthwaite

British widow, Islamist and fugitive

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1983

Place of Birth: Banbridge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: musician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Samantha Lewthwaite

  • Samantha Louise Lewthwaite (; born 5 December 1983), also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, is a British woman who is one of the Western world's most wanted terrorism suspects.
  • Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 London terrorist bomber Germaine Lindsay, is accused of causing the deaths of more than 400 people.
  • She is a fugitive from justice in Kenya, where she was wanted on charges of possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony and is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice requesting her arrest with a view to extradition.Lewthwaite was an alleged member of the Somalia-based radical Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab.
  • She was accused of orchestrating grenade attacks at non-Muslim places of worship, and is believed to have been behind an attack on those watching football in a bar in Mombasa during Euro 2012.
  • In September 2013, there was speculation over her possible involvement in the Westgate shopping mall attack, although other reports cast doubt on this, or said her role had been exaggerated.
  • She was dubbed the "White Widow" by the news media, a play on words referencing her race, the death of her first husband and the practice of referring to Chechen female suicide bombers as "black widows".

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