The widow of a 7/7 bomber, who is a wanted terror suspect herself, may be involved in plotting the Nairobi attack, reports say.
Samantha Lewthwaite is wanted over links to a suspected terror cell
The Foreign Office is investigating claims that a female British terror suspect known as the White Widow could be linked to the shopping centre massacre in Kenya.
A white woman wearing a veil was reportedly spotted shouting orders to gunmen in Arabic during the attack on the Westgate complex in Nairobi.
Some reports have suggested that it is Samantha Lewthwaite, the English widow of 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay.
She is wanted by Kenyan police over links to a suspected terrorist cell.
In March 2012 it was reported that Lewthwaite, 29, who is originally from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, had fled across the border from Kenya to Somalia.
Sky News' Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay said: "I saw a picture of a white woman wearing a balaclava and carrying a weapon.
"We know that she'd been in the area. She has been linked to a number of attacks in east Africa and they have been trying to capture her.
"It is difficult to know whether or not it is her."
However a commander of the group believed to be behind the attack has reportedly denied that any of militants are from the UK or US.
Some 68 people were killed in the attack, including three Britons.
The Foreign Office has said it expects the number of British fatalities to rise.
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