What Pistol did Armed Citizen Abdul Haji use in Nairobi?

Gun Watch ^ | 4 October, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Abdul Haji is credited with saving numerous people during the Nairobi Terror attack on the Westgate mall.  According to the BBC:

Businessman Abdul Haji and a small group of plain-clothes policemen helped to rescue dozens of people from the Westgate mall. He had gone in search of his brother, armed only with a pistol..

The pistol is obviously mis-identified in an article in the Daily Nation as an "SSK heavy blaster":

He had packed an SSK heavy blaster pistol with 14 rounds of ammunition.  

We have one fair picture that shows the pistol in Abdul's hand in the mall, from Reuters:
It is clearly a mid-sized semi-auto with exposed hammer.  Probably a DA/SA (double action/single action), from the position of the trigger. The overall conformation suggests a S&W model 59 or something similar, as 14 rounds were specified.

I hope that an observant readership will be able to identify a model, as it is clearly not an "SSK heavy blaster pistol".

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[marktwain]

Speculation may be helpful.

[MN.Gruber06]

Beretta 92 maybe?

[1rudeboy]

Almost looks like a CZ-82.

[Solson]

It’s a 1911 style. Otherwise may be a Sig p226?

[MHGinTN]

Looks like a Sig 220PW .45acp

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

I don't know squat about hand guns, but..

1911?

You have to keep foreshortening in mind with regards to barrel length, in this photo.

[Solson]

I don’t understand why, if the report was wrong, we would also agree on the 14 round capacity. Most reporters would think its a shotgun.

[MN.Gruber06]

Could be, yep. The picture is no longer available on this post but the barrel was much too short to be a Beretta. My bet is on the SIG.

[Hot Tabasco]

Reuters pictures cannot be posted

LOL! I was staring at the picture then after I clicked the refresh button it had disappeared. I said WTF?

[Thane_Banquo]

SSK heavy blaster of Star Wars fame? I want one!

[MHGinTN]

The Beretta 8045 is short like that in the picture, but the hammer region is shaped differently from the pictured pistol.

[Solson]

Another picture can be found at http://softkenya.com/kenya-news/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Abdul-Haji-and-a-fellow-police-offider-in-the-mall.jpg and http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130929/sunday-times-2/hero-of-kenya-massacre-revealed-64065.html

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

1911

[SolidRedState]

It’s an assault pistol. Arrest that man. (Do I really need the sarcasm tag?)

[Solson]

I also found this one by the BBC which Cropped OUT the weapon. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70157000/jpg/_70157979_abdul_motherbaby_reuters.jpg

[thorvaldr]

Dunno, looks like an SSK heavy blaster to me.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/SSK-7_heavy_blaster_pistol
The SSK-7 Heavy Blaster Pistol, manufactured by the SoroSuub Corporation, was designed in the early days of Palpatine’s New Order. The Rebel Alliance managed to acquire large quantities of these weapons just before Imperial edicts came about, making the purchase of such weapons illegal.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

[MN.Gruber06]

I was referring to the Beretta 92.

[Billthedrill]

Han shot first. ;-)

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Oooops. Not a 1911

[a fool in paradise]

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