FILE: Somali militants say in touch with gunmen in Nairobi mall

Record ID: 362728

  • Title: FILE: Somali militants say in touch with gunmen in Nairobi mall
  • Date: 21st September 2013
  • Summary: TABDA, SOMALIA (FILE - FEBRUARY 2012) KENYAN SOLDIER WITH ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE VARIOUS OF KENYAN SOLDIERS LOOKING AT MAP VARIOUS OF KENYAN SOLDIERS PATROLLING VARIOUS OF KENYAN HELICOPTER VARIOUS OF KENYAN SOLDIER WITH GUN VARIOUS OF KENYAN SOLDIER WITH GUN IN BACK OF VEHICLE VARIOUS OF SOLDIER WITH GUN PLACED ON GROUND
  • Embargoed: 6th October 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Somalia
  • Country: Somalia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5JXEPAMTLLD7L2ZTG2PLVLM3E
  • Story Text: Somalia's al Shabaab militant group said on Saturday (September 21) it was in contact with "Mujahideen" gunmen who attacked a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital.
    The al Qaeda-linked militant group, which is battling peacekeepers from Kenya and other African nations, said the mass shooting was justice for crimes committed by Kenyan troops in Somalia.
    "For long we have waged war against the Kenyans in our land, now it's time to shift the battleground and take the war to their land," al Shabaab said on its official Twitter handle @HSM_Press.
    Meanwhile, Kenyan security forces said they had arrested one of the gunmen behind the attack, which killed at least 25 people, the Kenyan Presidency said on Twitter.
    In a separate tweet, the east African country's head of police, David Kimaiyo, said several other assailants had been pinned down after soldiers and police moved into the mall to hunt down the attackers.
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