Almost Twenty four hours after the terror group Al Shabaab attacked WESTGATE MALL in the capital Nairobi, Fifty nine people have lost their lives while about 30 are being held hostage inside the mall by the gunmen.
The group have maintained there will be no negotiations even as security forces have moved in. Officials believe 10 to 15 gunmen are involved, and they may be isolated somewhere within the building."
The attack has already left 59 people dead, government minister Joseph Ole Lenku said Sunday. Another 175 were injured. It was the deadliest terror attack in the nation since al Qaeda blew up the U.S. Embassy in 1998, killing more than 200 people.
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The attack Saturday targeted a popular weekend meeting spot. Kenyans and expatriates gather at the luxurious Westgate mall on weekends to drink lattes, catch a movie or browse through the more than 80 stores. Al-Shabaab, al Qaeda's proxy in Somalia, claimed responsibility, and said it was not backing down.
In a message on its Twitter feed, the group said "all Muslims" were escorted from the mall before the attack.
"When justice is denied, it must be enforced," it said in a tweet Sunday. "Kenyans were relatively safe in their cities before they invaded us & killed Muslims #Westgate"
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Most of the casualties are Kenyan, authorities said. But the mall is popular with expatriates and foreign nationals, who were among those killed and injured.
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