KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta visits hospital where victims of Nairobi mall attack are receiving treatment. At least 59 people have been killed in the attack

Record ID: 362726

  • Title: KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta visits hospital where victims of Nairobi mall attack are receiving treatment. At least 59 people have been killed in the attack
  • Date: 22nd September 2013
  • Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (SEPTEMBER 22, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF MP SHAH HOSPITAL AMBULANCE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF KENYAN PRESIDENT, UHURU KENYATTA, ARRIVING WITH DELEGATION AT HOSPITAL DOCTOR AND OTHER ONLOOKERS KENYATTA LEAVING HOSPITAL / SHAKING HANDS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL WOMAN BEING WHEELED INTO WAITING AMBULANCE AMBULANCE VARIOUS OF WOMAN WHO HAS FOUND OUT T
  • Embargoed: 7th October 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Kenya
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA49XTRK3BHPR8B71M3RHQQ2SDN
  • Story Text: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta visited victims of an attack by Islamist militants at a shopping mall in Nairobi on Sunday (September 22). At least 59 people have been killed in the attack.
    The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab gunmen were still holed up with hostages inside the mall on Sunday in the attack that the group said was launched because they opposed Kenya's participation in a peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Al Shabaab is a militant Somali group.
    The dead in Saturday's (September 21) assault included children and the wounded ranged in age from two to 78-years-old. Many victims were at a cooking competition when assailants opened fire on them, witnesses said. More than 1,000 people were evacuated.
    A volley of gunfire lasting about 30 seconds interrupted a stalemate of several hours on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, speaking from near the Westgate shopping centre that has several Israeli-owned outlets and is frequented by expatriates and Kenyans.
    Those rescued said at least one of the assailants was a woman. One militant was shot and arrested in clashes following the initial siege, but died shortly afterwards.
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