Posted on 09/21/2013 6:07:28 AM PDT by Zakeet
At least five people were killed when gunmen burst into a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Saturday and opened fire, witnesses said.
Police helicopters circled overhead as armed police shouted "get out, get out", and scores of shoppers fled the building. Smoke poured out of one entrance and witnesses said they heard grenade blasts.
Others said they saw about five armed assailants storm the Westgate shopping mall and that the incident appeared to be an attack rather than an armed robbery.
The Somali militant group al Shabaab has previously threatened to strike the Westgate mall that is popular with the city's expatriate community. It would have been packed on a Saturday morning.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident.
"They don't seem like thugs, this is not a robbery incident," said Yukeh Mannasseh who was on the mall's top floor when the shooting started. "It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately."
One eyewitness who identified himself as Taha said he heard the screech of brakes followed moments later by an explosion and then sustained gun fire from the ground floor.
Sporadic gun shots could be heard almost two hours after the shooting started as police combed the building.
At least two dozen wounded were wheeled out on stretchers and shopping trolleys.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Once again, we have to go to the British Press to get the truth.
I was just about to forward this to you only to find that you were on top of it. Hope you and yours are all accounted for and safe.
CNN still parroting the usual party line: “Motive remains unclear.”
Good point. They will probably say they drove AR-15 SUV’s and wore AR-15 shoes.
Somali Muslims have worn out their welcome in Kenya, refugees or not. They must be driven back out into Somalia, and told to clean out their own house or die, they will no longer be welcome in Kenya.
Obama’s sons.
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