AN “exceptionally smart” Oxford University graduate is understood to have been killed in the Nairobi terrorist attack.

Ravindra Ramrattan, also known as Ravi Mumias, was originally from Cunupia in Trinidad but earned a masters degree in financial economics from Oxford.

American international development blogger Josh Weinstein paid a tribute to his friend and colleague Mr Ramrattan in a blog post on his site developeconomies.com He called Mr Ramrattan “exceptionally smart”, a “phenomenal dancer” and said he was “crushed” to hear the news of his death.