Massacre mall is now ablaze after Islamic terrorists 'blow themselves up'. Fierce gunfire heard inside Kenyan shopping centre where militants were holding dozens of hostages -- Daily Mail
* Westgate Shopping Centre on fire amid fears that terrorists have carried out suicide bomb attack
* Architect Ross Langdon, who had dual Australian and British nationality, is confirmed among the dead
* His Harvard-educated girlfriend Elif Yavuz was also killed. She was two weeks away from giving birth
* Foreign Office confirmed on Monday that four Britons have been killed in the atrocity
* Kenyan government says two militants have died in battle to retake the building
* Claims that five of the attackers are American and two are British
* Kenyan military official says terrorists are a 'multinational collection from all over the world'
* Al Shabaab militants today said they would kill the remaining hostages inside the Westgate Shopping Centre
* Kenyan official reveals he suspects the involvement of fugitive 7/7 'white widow' Samantha Lewthwaite
* Men, women and children slaughtered if they could not recite Koran or name Prophet Mohammed's mother
* Terrorists told French citizen 'they want to kill Kenyans and Americans'
Kenyan special forces were today locked in a fight to the death with Islamic terrorists who have been barricaded inside a Nairobi mall with up to 40 hostages since Saturday.
Witnesses described hearing four large explosions at the Westgate Shopping Centre followed by the sight of thick plumes of smoke and the sounds of fierce gunfire after the military tried to break the three day siege by gaining access from the roof.
It is feared that some of the gunmen, who are from Al Qaeda affiliated group Al Shabaab, may have blown themselves up, though a Kenyan government minister said that militants had set fire to some mattresses in a supermarket as a decoy.
Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said that two of the terrorists had been killed and that most hostages were now free. All of the militants were men, he added, although some were dressed as women. 'We think the operation will come to an end soon', he said. 'We are in control of all the floors, the terrorists are running and hiding in some stores... there is no room for escape'.
The Red Cross has put the death toll at 62 and four Britons have been confirmed dead. At least 175 were injured, including children.
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More News On Today's Terror Attack In Nairobi
Kenya stand-off: Latest updates: Live -- BBC
Nairobi: explosions and smoke seen coming from shopping mall -- The Telegraph
Kenya Westgate mall siege - live -- The Guardian
LIVE: Shabaab threatens to kill hostages in Nairobi mall -- France 24
4 blasts at Kenya mall, billowing smoke, 2 terrorists killed says official -- Washington post/AP
Three large explosions heard at Kenya mall where terrorists seized hostages -- NBC
Smoke pours from Kenya mall as forces 'close in' -- Reuters
More gunfire after Kenyan forces assault Nairobi's Westgate mall -- CNN
Nairobi Westgate attack: Assault begins to break siege -- BBC
Kenya Mall Attack: Smoke Billows After Explosion -- Wall Street Journal
Explosions, gunfire at Kenyan mall as armed attack enters 3rd day -- Washington Post
Explosions rock besieged Kenya mall; soldiers move in -- L.A. Times
Kenyan security forces storm Nairobi mall -- France 24
Explosions Rock Besieged Kenyan Mall as Authorities Rescue More Hostages -- ABC news
Kenya mall attack enters day 3 with gunfire, explosions as al-Shabab threatens to kill hostages -- CBS/AP
Kenya mall attack: Military says most hostages freed, death toll at 68 -- CNN
Kenyan forces say they rescued "most" hostages -- CBS/AP
Islamist gunmen hold hostages in Kenya siege after 68 killed -- Reuters
Kenya Mall Shooting: 'Major Assault' Frees Most Hostages, Police Say -- ABC news
Kenya mall siege: 'final assault' begins -- The Guardian
Kenyan troops launch 'major' assault on Nairobi mall -- France 24/AFP
Kenya Police Begin Assault to End Mall Seige After 68 Die -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Kenya mall attack: 'We shall hunt down perpetrators' - President Uhuru Kenyatta -- BBC
Source says US investigating deadly Kenya terror attack, as 'most' hostages freed -- FOX News
Shouts, screams... and then a sprint for their lives: Raw video footage shows full terror of moment Muslim terrorists struck at Nairobi mall -- Daily Mail
Horror, heroism during one of Kenya's darkest days -- FOX News/AFP
'If they found me, I'm white... so I'm dead': Survivors reveal how gunman executed non-Muslims - after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother -- Daily Mail
Nairobi Westgate attack: Four Britons confirmed killed -- BBC
Victims of the Kenya mall attack -- FOX News/AP
Kenya mall attack: 2 Canadians among 59 dead -- CBC News
Australian killed in Nairobi mall attack -- The Australian
Two Indians among 39 killed in Kenya mall attack -- Times of India
French mother, daughter 'executed' at Nairobi mall -- France 24/AFP
Kenya says has good chance to 'neutralize' mall attackers -- Reuters
Somalia's al-Shabab claims Nairobi Westgate Kenya attack -- BBC
Al-Shabaab breaks new ground with complex Nairobi attack -- CNN
The Twitter terrorists: How killers boasted of Kenyan mall carnage with live commentary as they murdered dozens of people -- Daily Mail
Shabab Twitter account suspended after Kenya mall attack claims -- Hindustan/AFP
With Kenya mall attack unresolved, terrorists’ Twitter accounts are targeted -- McClatchy News
Why terrorists struck at upscale Kenyan mall -- Fredrick Nzwili, Christian Science Monitor
Al-Shabaab grew amid Somalia's lawlessness -- Tom Watkins, CNN
Al-Shabaab breaks new ground with complex Nairobi attack -- Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, CNN
10 things to know about Somali militants al-Shabab -- AP
In pictures: Gunmen rampage in Nairobi mall -- Al Jazeera
Photos: Kenya mall attack -- CNN
Kenya Mall Shooting: Timeline of Events -- ABC news
Nairobi attacks: How events unfolded -- BBC
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