Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Investigations And Questions On The Nairobi Westgate Mall Attack Have Now Begun



Attention Switches to Investigation of Kenyan Mall Siege -- New York Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan and American investigators began a sweeping inquiry on Wednesday into a shopping mall massacre here that killed scores of people, sifting through rubble, studying closed-circuit television footage and bringing in more resources to identify the attackers.

“The next phase really is making sure we know what’s under the rubble,” said a government spokesman, Manoah Esipisu. “Forensic people need to be able to clear that rubble and examine the evidence beneath it.”

The investigative work began a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya declared that the four-day siege of the Westgate mall had ended, saying that the government had finally “ashamed and defeated our attackers” and that the last militants still holed up inside had been killed.

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More News On The Investigations And Questions On The Nairobi Westgate Mall Attack

Kenya Starts Probe in Wake of Mall Siege -- Wall Street Journal
Investigators search rubble of Kenyan mall for bodies, clues to bloody massacre -- Washington Post
Investigators search mall rubble for bodies, clues in wake of Kenya massacre -- NBC
Kenyans demand answers after mall attack -- L.A. Times
Kenya mall attack: Questions build as investigators search the rubble -- L.A. Times
FBI agents working in bullet-scarred, scorched Kenya mall amid corpses -- Washington Post/AP
U.S. Agents Already Sifting Rubble of Kenya Mall Attack -- ABC News
U.S. forensic teams join Kenya mall siege investigation -- CBS
Questions linger after Kenya mall attack -- CNN
Kenya info blackout? Extraordinary lack of detail about Westgate siege. -- Mike Pflanz, Christian Science Monitor

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