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Dozens dead in shopping mall siege

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PREPARING FOR BATTLE. Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) arrive on September 22, 2013 at the Westgate mall in Nairobi. AFP / Simon Maina

Kenyan troops backed by Israeli agents on September 22 cornered Somali militants holding hostages inside a Nairobi shopping mall in a terrifying siege that has left at least 68 people dead. The army said it had managed to secure most of the upmarket, part Israeli-owned Westgate complex, and that most of the hostages had been rescued. It said it was trying to bring the 36-hour-long bloodbath to a “speedy conclusion. Terrified witnesses recounted scenes of horror as the masked gunmen tossed grenades and sprayed automatic gunfire in the packed centre in a brazen attack around midday on September 21, sending panicked shoppers fleeing for their lives.

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