KENYA MALL ATTACK

Kenyan security forces are combing the Nairobi shopping centre attacked by suspected al-Shabab militants, as they seek to secure the site.
An explosion and bursts of gunfire were heard coming from the Westgate complex on the morning of September 24, 2013, Tuesday, as speculation grew that the operation was nearing its end.
JUST IN:
- Three Kenyan soldiers died of wounds received in siege of Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi,  interior ministry confirms.
- Part of Westgate centre’s rooftop car park has collapsed in a siege. Fireman – AFP (via Twitter).
- Al-Shabab claimed the picture below shows their fighters in the shopping centre.

No fewer than 68 people have been killed since the beginning of the attack on September 21, Saturday, and over 170 injured. From 51 to 68 people remain unaccounted for.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s foreign minister said “two or three” Americans and a British woman were among the attackers.
In an interview with the US TV programme PBS Newshour, Amina Mohamed said the Americans were 18 or 19 years old, of Somali or Arab origin, and lived “in Minnesota and one other place”.
She said the Briton was a woman who had “done this many times before”.

Ms. Mohamed appeared to contradict earlier comments from Kenya’s interior minister, who suggested that all the attackers were men – though some may have been dressed as women.
The Somali Islamist al-Shabab movement said it carried out the attack in retaliation for Kenyan military operations in Somalia.
British officials said they would not be drawn on the identity of the attackers while investigations continue.
Early on Tuesday a Kenyan officer at the scene said he believed there could be two or three attackers left inside the building. You may check the structure of the shopping mall below:

The interior ministry said it believed all hostages had been released – though messages on a Twitter feed purporting to speak for al-Shabab said hostages were still being held and militants were “holding their ground”.
Official sources that six of the attackers have been killed: three on Monday and three since midnight.
Officials said earlier that 10 people had been arrested in connection with the attack.
Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku told the BBC late on Monday that the operation was in its final stages.
“The terrorists could be running and hiding in some stores, but all floors now are under our control. There is no room for escape,” the Minister added.
Kenyan media has presented another raw footage of the battles between security forces and members of Al-Shabaab.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/