Inayat Kassam, the man who has been on the forefront to rescue Kenyans during terror attacks is not just any other civilian on a gambling spree at the deadly crime scenes.
Kassam, who was among the first people to arrive at Dusit D2 hotel for a rescue mission in Tuesday afternoon attack is not new to such missions.
In 2013 during Westgate attack, he was on the headlines for boldly conducting a rescue mission alongside the police.
A quick look at his profile reveals that Kassam is an experienced combatant and shooting instructor. Kassam is also an EDA Krav Maga Instructor.He is also the Managing Director of Scorpio Africa Ltd in Nairobi. His team provides security management and training in the form of security personnel, unarmed and armed training and certified firearm training that is based on the ITA South African curriculum.He is certified as an Advanced Tactical Shooting Instructor with ITA, and has also trained with various entities such as SKOPOS, ACT, and AMOK over the course of the last 9 years.In addition to this, Kassam has played a key role in matters community policing within Nairobi for close to two decades.His team and expertise were instrumental in saving the lives of many civilians. Through his years of community policing, a wealth of knowledge regarding local crime patterns has been incorporated into his various training programmes.Inayat is a fully certified Level 2 Krav Maga Instructor and holds the rank of Black Belt Level 1 within the EDA Krav Maga System.