Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Nairobi Westgate Mall Massacre And Siege -- News Updates Spetember 26, 2013


The Wreckage Of Westgate: First Pictures Taken Inside Kenyan Massacre Mall Show Wasteland Of Crumpled Cars And Twisted Metal -- Daily Mail

* Minister had said collapse was caused when terrorists set mattresses on fire
* Al Shabaab claimed Kenyan assault team carried out 'demolition' of complex
* Shell-shocked troops said mall resembled 'a scene from a horror movie'
* Fears of second attack after four militants tried to escape during the siege
* Police say five insurgents were killed and ten have been taken into custody
* Questions over how intelligence services missed elaborately planned attack
* Terror group says foreign non-Muslims were a 'legitimate target'
* Forensic teams start working through the rubble to identify bodies

Shocking images have revealed the true extent of the destruction caused to the Nairobi shopping centre during the four-day battle between Kenyan forces and Islamic militants.

They show a gaping hole in the mall's roof after three storeys collapsed when Kenyan soldiers fired rocket-propelled grenades inside the complex, knocking out a support column, a government official said.

Cars hang precariously over the edge of the chasm, while beneath them many more vehicles lie on top of each other, smashed to pieces.

The collapse happened on Monday when government troops launched a massive assault on the mall where up to 150 people are thought to have been killed.

During the firefight, hostages reportedly had their throats slashed from ear to ear and were thrown screaming from third-floor balconies as the siege came to a bloody end.

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More News On The Nairobi Westgate Mall Massacre And Siege

61 Still Missing from Kenya Mall Attack -- Voice of America
Kenya mall attack investigators try to identify victims, terrorists, and explain bloody conclusion -- CBS
Kenya widens mall attack probe, alert for UK "White Widow -- Reuters
Investigators sift through rubble of Kenya mall attack, more bodies could be buried -- New York Daily News
FBI agents work in nightmarish scene at Kenya mall -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Nairobi attack: Foreign experts join Kenya forensic hunt -- BBC
First pictures of blasted out Kenya mall emerge, several floors of the car park collapsed -- National Post/AP
Al-Shabab: foreigners in Kenya mall were “legitimate target;” let Muslims leave after vetting -- Washington Post/AP
South African teen 'played dead' to survive Westgate attack -- BBC
British toll from Nairobi mall attack lowered to five -- FOX News/AFP
Nairobi attack: Kenya mourns Westgate siege victims -- BBC
Kenya’s Muslims Outraged by Westgate Attack -- Voice of America
Westgate Attack: Western Officials Fear More Terrorism in Kenya Capital -- ABC News
Nairobi attack: Why are UK forensic experts in Kenya? -- Martha Buckley BBC News
Kenya's Wounds Will Linger After Mall Siege -- allAfrica.com

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