He also sent his former teacher a picture of himself wearing an ammunition vest and holding a Qur'an.
Mr. Assawi, a diminutive man in his early 70s, arrived at Abu Risha's compound Saturday morning wearing an ammunition vest.
The team was preparing to search a family compound when a woman wearing an ammunition belt and carrying an AK-47 pointed the rifle at team members; after ignoring several commands to drop it, she was killed, the statement said.
Thor, a Gettysburg-area resident and member of the anti-government militia group the Three Percenters, wore an ammunition belt around a bulletproof vest.
While witnesses recalled seeing the initial group of attackers run into the mall wearing bandoliers of ammunition, Kenyan security services believe they may have had help from inside the mall.
"I have passed 60 years and I have never seen such wolves!" exclaimed Ugla Mohammed, a farmer wearing a full ammunition belt and carrying a rifle in his hand.
You may also want to wear an M-1 ammunition belt.
Police say he was spotted carrying a loaded gun with extra ammunition while wearing tactical-style clothing and a face shield, and claimed he was on his way to a church to fulfill "a prophecy".
He was wearing two bands of ammunition and carrying an automatic rifle over his shoulder.
"We fought them barefoot," said Erhallem Jedallah, a burly man who wore crossed belts of ammunition across his shoulders.
