Posted on 09/22/2013 5:07:45 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
NAIROBI, Kenya The attack by al Qaeda-linked militants at an upscale mall in Nairobi killed at least 59 people and wounded 175, Kenya's interior Cabinet secretary said Sunday.
Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from inside the building where there is a hostage standoff with Islamic extremists nearly 24 hours after they attacked using grenades and assault rifles.
"The priority is to save as many lives as possible," Joseph Lenku said, reassuring the families of the hostages in the upscale Westgate mall. Kenyan forces have already rescued about 1,000 people, he said.
Lenku said that there are 10 to 15 attackers involved, and Kenyan forces have control of the security cameras inside the mall. Combined military and police forces surrounded the building.
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told reporters at the mall that he has been told officials couldn't determine the exact number of hostages inside the mall.
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Terrible! I think it was his nephew and the nephew’s fiancée, btw. I wonder if AQ knew who was going to be there?
They also killed a very respected 70-year-old poet (and former UN diplomat) and several people from various diplomatic missions.
his nephew and his nephew’s fiancee
They’re attacking Kenya because of Somalia (as well as the ongoing conflicts between Odinga’s Muslims and the non-Muslims in Kenya itself).
They’ve been on a roll today. Taliban-linked terrorists killed some 60 Christians in Pakistan, Sunni terrorists killed about the same number in Iraq, etc. Is it some Islamic High Holy Day? That’s their normal way of celebrating.
Ah, I misunderstood...thank you.
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta’s statement yesterday on video (along with may pics, some bloody) -
Lots of links here from yesterday and today, FYI.
These guys are well armed, organized, trained and cocky.
It might help if I actually posted the link I was talking about, eh? :)
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3069580/posts
Which leaves 90% to continue their attacks.
Got it. Thank you much.
Hi Mesta, hope you are well!
Thabk you. Trying as hard as I can. FR is a godsend. Keeps my mind engaged.
Hr lives in a box. Not he would make up to that mall. It wasr than most here.
Glad to see you posting.
Hope you are better.
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Death toll now at 68 in mall assault.
UPDATE:
Kenya mall attack: Death toll rises to 68
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3069898/posts
“Sixty-eight dead. At least 175 injured. About 30 hostages still inside, as well as perhaps a dozen gunmen. “
It keeps my mind on other things besides myself. If I didn’t have this, I’d have nothing.
Prayers for the people killed and their families.
FR does do that. Mine would turn to mush if I had no other source of good info and opinions to tap into.
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