Terrorist attack in Kenya

**bb1** Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:45 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1144770/nairobi-shopping-mall-gunmen-kill-at-least-10

Nairobi Shopping Mall: Gunmen Kill 'At Least 10'
Gunmen open fire in a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, reportedly killing 10 people and wounding dozens more

At least 15 people have reportedly been killed in a suspected terrorist attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Gunmen opened fire and detonated grenades inside the Westgate centre, a mall popular with expatriates.

Police chief Benson Kibue described the incident as a terrorist attack, telling the AP news agency up to 10 men exchanged gunfire with police.

Abbas Guled, of the Kenya Red Cross, told Reuters at least 15 people had been killed.

"The casualties are many and that's only what we have on the outside," he said. "Inside there are even more casualties and shooting is still going on."

Abdi Osman Adan, a journalist in Nairobi, told Sky News staff at a supermarket and a jewellery store had reportedly been taken hostage.

Witnesses reported seeing the attackers "firing at any police officers who tried to approach the building", he said.

The Somali militant group al Shabaab had previously threatened to attack the mall, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility from any group.

Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant inside the mall when the attackers threw hand grenades inside the building.

He said he heard gunfire and people screaming as they dropped to the ground.

Satpal Singh, who was in a cafe when the attackers struck, ran downstairs and was shot near the main exit of the mall.

"A Somali guy shot at me," he said. "The guy who shot me was carrying a rifle, an AK-47."

Another witness, who gave only his first name, Jay, said: "They were not speaking Swahili. They spoke something that seemed like Arabic or Somali."

In a message posted on Twitter, Kenya Police urged the public "to remain calm" and not to speculate about the attack.

"We urge you to stay away (from the mall)," they added.

Westgate is situated in western Nairobi and is popular with both foreigners and rich Kenyans.

According to the centre's website, it is the city's "premier shopping mall" and offers a "serene and safe enviornment away from the city centre hubbub".

It has more than 80 stores and features a waterfall with tropical gardens.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office advised British nationals to avoid the mall and the surrounding Westlands district.

More follows...

**lily** Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:26 pm

Oh my. That is terrible. Poor people.

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:38 am

Terror in Kenya: 'Unknown' number of hostages still trapped in mall 24 hours after masked Islamist gunmen slaughtered 59 in terrifying siege they live-blogged on Twitter

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2428875/Terror-Kenya-Unknown-number-hostages-trapped-Nairobi-mall.html#ixzz2fc32WKfn
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A harrowing report. The Kenyan armed forces are pretty good, they're have to deal with terrorists before.

Let's just hope Obama doesn't decide these are 'nice' rebels and order the CIA to give them arms.

**lily** Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:58 pm

He has family in Kenya. So...........

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:00 pm

A rescue bid seems to have started:

http://news.sky.com/story/1144908/kenya-troops-launch-assault-on-gunmen

**lily** Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:35 pm

Thanks Bonny.

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:04 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1144908/kenya-troops-move-in-as-death-toll-now-68

Looks like it may end tonight. Hopefully without any Kenyan troops or more hostages becoming casualties, I don't care what happens to terrorists.

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:58 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1144908/kenya-terror-attack-most-hostages-rescued

Kenya Terror Attack: 'Most Hostages Rescued'
The Kenyan Defence Force claim most of the hostages have been freed but the rescue operation remains 'delicate'.

**lily** Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:01 pm

Good so far....

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:44 pm

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'Has a British passport' might be more accurate....

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:56 pm

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Oh my! The security people have been after her for a while.

**lily** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:14 pm

I hope they throw the book at her if she has done what the headline says.

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:17 pm

She genuinely is British, but she married one of the 7/7 bombers and became a terrorist herself, Lily. She got out of the country a while back, and various agencies have been after her since then.

**bb1** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:19 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10304962/British-terror-suspect-linked-to-white-widow-Samantha-Lewthwaite-reportedly-killed.html

British terror suspect linked to 'white widow' Samantha Lewthwaite reportedly killed
A British terrorist suspect linked to the “white widow” fugitive Samantha Lewthwaite is believed to have been killed in a feud with the Somali terrorist organisation al-Shabaab.

**lily** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:36 pm

Thank you Bonny. What a *****.

**bb1** Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:33 am

Still ongoing, with military casualties, seems like:

http://news.sky.com/story/1145151/kenya-stand-off-explosions-in-renewed-assault

The good news is that quite a few hostages seem to have been rescued.

**bb1** Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:36 am

Kenyan military spokesman Colonel Cyrus Oguna told Sky News: "We do not negotiate with terrorists and that position has not changed. Everyone who has been rescued is being checked to make sure none of the terrorists escaped during the dragnet."

Unlike Obama, who not only negotiates with them in Afghanistan, but supplies them with weapons in Syria.

He'd better hope none of the firearms used in this atrocity have come from the US.

**bb1** Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:19 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1145604/kenya-siege-special-forces-sanitising-mall

Looks like all the hostages have been rescued, and the Kenyan forces are dealing with the remaining terrorists.

**bb1** Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:28 pm

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We can but hope; if so, the world will be spared her moaning about her Yuman Rites.

**lily** Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:22 pm

Let's hope it's her.

**bb1** Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:25 am

Still not over:

http://news.sky.com/story/1145604/kenya-siege-heavy-gunfire-heard-inside-mall

And what a nerve!

Barack Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, said the United States stood with Kenyans against "this terrible outrage".

He and Cameron can STFU, as they've been arming allies of these scumbags in Syria.

Never mind, it's a good job the Kenyan army was trained by the UK military, isn't it? They've been dealing with terrorists since the Mau-Mau were on the loose.

And from the photos, I wouldn't like to cross the Kenyan military...

**bb1** Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:52 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1146857/kenya-samantha-lewthwaite-hunted-by-interpol

Kenya: Samantha Lewthwaite Hunted By Interpol
An arrest notice is issued for 'white widow' Samantha Lewthwaite in the wake of the Kenyan mall massacre.

Looks like she's still on the loose - I knew it was too good to be true.

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