Friday, September 27, 2013

West gate mall attack in Kenya

Kenya's interior minister, Joseph Ole Lenku, said the process of determining the number of dead and gathering evidence from the mall could take a further week. He said the US, Israel, Britain, Germany, Canada and Interpol were helping with the investigation. Al-Shabaab, the Somali-based, al-Qaida-linked group behind the attack, claimed the government had carried out a "demolition" of the building, burying 137 hostages. "One attacker is still alive," said the source, who is involved in the rescue operation inside Westgate, and who asked not to be named, adding: "There were 200 workers in Nakumatt [supermarket] and 800 people shopping. The walls of Nakumatt collapsed. And the head of Nairobi city council funeral home said that according to the government spokesman they are expecting at least 160 more bodies. Government spokesman Manoah Esipisu said the number of dead , which stood at 67 – already included the bodies of those buried beneath the rubble, and denied the figure would rise further.