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Nine people were arrested in Kenya as a result of the attack on a luxury hotel in the capital, Nairobi, which claimed 21 lives.
Officials said the five militants who stormed Tuesday the DusitD2 hotel and commercial complex were killed and that an important hunt is under way to find those who have contributed to his organization.
The Islamist group al-Shabab based in Somalia said that he was at the origin of the attack.
The Kenya Red Cross Society has stated that all missing persons have been found.
What do we know about attackers?
Kenyan media reports that the wife of one of the alleged attackers was arrested in Kiambu County, just north of Nairobi.
Police said they identified Ali Salim Gichunge, also known as Farouk, through the car used during the attack.
Police stand guard in front of the home of one of the alleged attackers, in Kiambu County
Neighbors told The Standard newspaper that he and his wife moved into their home in October. The couple was secret, they said, and had put the contents of their house up for sale before the attack, saying that they "were leaving Nairobi this week".
President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that five jihadists had led the attack and that all had been "eliminated" by security forces after a 19-hour siege.
Al-Shabab issued a statement calling the attack "response" to the controversial decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
A spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House responded: "This foolish act is a crude reminder of why the United States remains resolute in our fight to defeat radical Islamist terrorism."
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