Terrorists attack shopping mall in Kenya
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says security forces have finally defeated a small group of al Qaeda-linked terrorists terrorists after four days in fighting at a Nairobi mall.
The standoff began around midday on Saturday, when an estimated 10 to 15 militants from the al Qaeda-linked and Somalia-based group al-Shabab stormed the mall, shooting indiscriminately and hurling grenades inside the large shopping center popular with Westerners.
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Sporadic gunfire and explosions were heard Monday from the shopping mall in Kenya's capital where Somali terrorists remained holed-up with an unknown number of hostages.
Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day. Security forces have been attempting to rescue an unknown number of hostages inside the mall held by al Qaeda linked terrorists.
Stephen's father was killed in the Westgate mall siege on Sept. 21, 2013.
Kenya's military launched a major operation at the upscale Nairobi mall and said it had rescued "most" of the hostages being held captive by al-Qaida-linked militants during the standoff.
Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day. Associated Press reporters on the scene heard multiple blasts and a barrage of gunfire.
Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding over a hundred in the attack.
Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages.
Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from the upscale Kenyan mall where there is a hostage standoff with Islamic extremists nearly 24 hours after they attacked using grenades and assault rifles.
Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from the upscale Kenyan mall where there is a hostage standoff with Islamic extremists nearly 24 hours after they attacked using grenades and assault rifles.
on Sunday Kenyan troops remained locked in a fierce firefight with Somali militants inside the shopping mall.
The attack on the mall in Kenya's capital killed at least 59 people and wounded another 175. The dead include Africans, Europeans, Asians and North Americans.
Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack in which they used grenades and assault rifles and specifically targeted non-Muslims. The attackers included some women.
The Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was retribution for Kenyan forces' 2011 push into neighboring Somalia.