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Hostage crisis in Nairobi

Agencies Published September 23, 2013
Kenyan troops are seen taking position inside the Westgate mall. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan troops are seen taking position inside the Westgate mall. –Photo by AFP
Policemen search a man for weapons as he walked out of Westgate Shopping Centre. –Photo by Reuters
Policemen search a man for weapons as he walked out of Westgate Shopping Centre. –Photo by Reuters
A Kenyan woman emerges from an air vent where she was hiding during an attack by masked gunmen at a shopping mall in Nairobi. –Photo by AFP
A Kenyan woman emerges from an air vent where she was hiding during an attack by masked gunmen at a shopping mall in Nairobi. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan security personnel move to take their positions outside the shopping mall. –Photo by AP
Kenyan security personnel move to take their positions outside the shopping mall. –Photo by AP
Kenyan troops are seen securing a floor inside the Westgate mall. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan troops are seen securing a floor inside the Westgate mall. –Photo by AFP
Shoppers are seen taking cover from the ensuing violence. –Photo by AFP
Shoppers are seen taking cover from the ensuing violence. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan troops are seen cautiously proceeding down a stairwell. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan troops are seen cautiously proceeding down a stairwell. –Photo by AFP
A Kenyan soldier is seen inside the Westgate mall. –Photo by AFP
A Kenyan soldier is seen inside the Westgate mall. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan troops prepare to face off against the masked gunmen. –Photo by AFP
Kenyan troops prepare to face off against the masked gunmen. –Photo by AFP
Kenya Defense Forces arrive on the scene. –Photo by AFP
Kenya Defense Forces arrive on the scene. –Photo by AFP
Police guide a woman carrying a child to safety through Westgate Shopping Centre. –Photo by Reuters
Police guide a woman carrying a child to safety through Westgate Shopping Centre. –Photo by Reuters

Kenyan troops were locked in a fierce firefight with Somali militants inside an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall on September 22 in a final push to end a siege that has left 43 dead and 200 wounded with an unknown number of hostages still being held. Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels said the carnage at the part Israeli-owned complex mall was in retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia, where African Union troops are battling the Islamists.

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Rahul
Sep 25, 2013 10:54am
Innocent people again slaughtered by 'Religion of Peace'. These people did not even leave children.
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