He was born and brought up in Majengo Mombasa, and was a close friend of the late controversial Aboud Rogo,
During that friendship Mahir was brain washed when he was still a tuktuk driver in Mombasa.
During DusitD2 terror attack Mahir blew himself up before the attack took place.
He has been in the police list of the most wanted terror suspects since the year 2014.
Mahir's photos were strategically placed in Mombasa but he managed to sneak out of the country in 2014 and back in 2019 where he blew himself up at DusitD2 attack.
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In 2014 during a raid at a mosque in Mombasa to flash out radicals, Mahir clashed with the police, and was arrested.
Mahir Riziki broke his leg and was admitted at the Coast General hospital under tight security, however he somehow managed to escape.
He later married and moved to bakarani estate in Mombasa and estate where residents say talking about him and his life is frightening.
"Those who come here are visitors so they come hear to hide here bakarani,"Bakarani resident said.
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