Terror Attack at Kenyan Mall: Americans and British Were Among the Attackers Says Kenya FM
Kenya said its security forces had taken control of the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people, and that police were doing a final sweep of shops early Tuesday after the last of the hostages had been rescued.
By Sadho Ram — 22 Sep 2013, 04:38 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Kenya foreign minister says, "‘2 or 3’ Americans, ‘1 Brit,’ among mall attackers"
British fugitive Samantha Lewthwaite, whose husband blew himself up in London’s 2005 terrorist attack, may be responsible for Nairobi shopping center terror and may have been gunned down by authorities, according to reports. The mother-of-three also trained female jihadists in Somalia, reports say.
Image via nydailynews.comTwo or three Americans and one Briton were among those who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenya's foreign minister said Monday.
go.comThe foreign minister, Amina Mohamed, said in an interview with PBS’ ”NewsHour” program that the Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of Somali or Arab origin and lived “in Minnesota and one other place” in the U.S.
The attacker from Britain was a woman who has “done this many times before,” Mohamed said.
theglobeandmail.com
Kenya hostages freed, troops have mall 'under control'
The Kenyan police are claiming via their Twitter feed that the standoff with the mall attackers is now over. An official communiqué will be issued shortly, they added. No further information was immediately available.
firstpost.com
All hostages are believed to have been evacuated from a Nairobi shopping mall and Kenyan special forces are not encountering any resistance, a government spokesman told AFP late Monday.
hindustantimes.com
UPDATE: Kenya forces say mall battle in final stages
Kenyan forces have launched a "major assault" to put an end to a two-day long siege mounted by attackers who threw grenades and opened fire on unsuspecting crowds at an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenyan police said.
630wpro.comThe army said it had managed to secure most of the upmarket, part Israeli-owned Westgate complex, and that most of the hostages had been rescued. It said it was trying to bring the 36-hour-long bloodbath to a "speedy conclusion".
google.comThe attackers have so far refused any attempts at negotiation, but an al-Shabaab spokesman demanded that Kenya withdraw its troops from Somalia, where they have been fighting Islamist militants since 2011. "If Uhuru wants peace from us, he should withdraw his troops from Somalia,"
theguardian.com
Terrified children waiting by the body of a man after escaping from the Westgate shopping centre
Security forces pushing an injured person in a shopping trolley past the body of a man
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