Nairobi mall siege ends

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday, September 24 that a 4-day siege by Islamist gunmen of a Nairobi shopping mall was over, with the “immense” loss of 61 civilians and six members of the security forces. The president said “3 floors of the mall collapsed, trapping several bodies within the rubble including those of terrorists.” Police said the current death toll was provisional, while the Kenyan Red Cross said 63 people were still listed as missing. Five attackers had been killed and 11 suspects were in custody. Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels said the group carried out the attack in retaliation for Kenya’s military intervention in the country.


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