Kenyan Terrorists’ Nationalities Unknown

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NAIROBI ?Kenyan security forces on Monday seized control of a luxury shopping mall that had been attacked by Islamist militants, but officials said some assailants remained hidden inside stores in the mall and little was known about who staged the brazen attack and what countries they came from.A total of 62 people were killed after the gunmen, from the Islamist al-Shabab militia, burst into the Westgate Premier Shopping mall at lunchtime Saturday and began shooting, said Joseph Ole Lenku, a senior official with the interior Ministry.

Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said despite dozens of deaths, thousands were rescued from an upscale mall in Nairobi after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked.

The Kenyan Red Cross earlier estimated the death toll at 69, but on Monday revised the toll to 62, saying some bodies had been double-counted, the Associated Press reported. Sixty-three people remain missing, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, and 175 people were injured.Loud explosions and sporadic bursts of gunfire could be heard coming from the mall at midday, and large plumes of smoke rose from the area. (WASHINGTON POST)
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