Gunmen storm Nairobi Mall, at least 20 killed

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British hero of the mall massacre: Ex Royal Marine with a handgun saved 100 lives as terrorists ran amok

     Was having coffee at Westgate mall when it was attacked on Saturday
    He returned to building a dozen times despite intense gunfire
    Man, who can't be named for security reasons, was pictured with victims
    Gunfire heard early today despite Kenyan assurances mall had been secured
    'At least 10 hostages still being held by a band of Al Shabaab militants'
    Up to three American teenagers and one British person among terrorists




A former marine emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.

The ex soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall when it was attacked by Islamists on Saturday.

With a gun tucked into his waistband, he was pictured helping two women from the complex.

His story emerged as sporadic gunfire continued to ring out from inside the mall early today as Kenyan security forces battled Al Qaeda-linked terrorists into a fourth day.

Despite Kenyan police assurances that they had taken control of the building, a security expert with contacts inside the mall said at least 10 hostages were still being held by a band of attackers, possibly as many as 13.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430201/British-hero-mall-massacre-Ex-Royal-Marine-handgun-saved-100-lives-terrorists-ran-amok.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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BREAKING NEWS: Kenyan president says mall siege is over: Five terrorists dead and bodies trapped in the rubble after three storeys of shopping centre collapsed in raid

    Total death toll now 72: 61 civilians, six security officers and five terrorists
    President Kenyatta says country has 'ashamed and defeated' its attackers
    Still at least three bodies in rubble and 11 alleged terrorists now in custody
    Four-day hostage crisis after Saturday's attack on Nairobi shopping centre



Kenya's President tonight announced that his country had 'ashamed and defeated' its attackers following the siege on a Nairobi mall that has left 61 civilians and six security officers dead.

Three floors of the Westgate shopping centre collapsed towards the end of the operation by security forces, five alleged terrorists have been killed and there were still at least three bodies in the rubble.

Uhuru Kenyatta - who also declared three days of national mourning - said: ?Fellow Kenyans, we have been badly hurt and feel great pain and loss - but we have been brave, united and strong.?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430325/Kenya-mall-siege-Gunfire-explosions-heard-government-battles-militants-fourth-day.html

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Ten Britons dead in mall carnage: Death toll could hit 130 as soldiers find bodies in collapsed complex

    Diplomats say UK death toll could rise from current confirmed level of six
    Militants who stormed mall could have rented shop inside to store guns
    Law enforcement officials believe weapons used in attack were smuggled
    Forensic investigation begins in the mall with the help of Britain and US


Ten Britons were yesterday thought to have died in the Nairobi mall massacre as it emerged the death toll could double to more than 130.

Six Britons are confirmed dead but investigators believe the bodies of at least another four UK citizens may be trapped under the collapsed Westgate complex.

Scotland Yard detectives were among the first into the remains of the mall yesterday seeking to identify the Britons ? and terrorists.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2431587/Kenya-Westgate-mall-attack-10-Britons-dead-total-death-toll-hit-130.html#ixzz2fvYVDJiA

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Eyes gouged out, bodies hanging from hooks, and fingers removed with pliers': Horrific claims of torture emerge as soldiers reveal gory Kenyan mall massacre details

    Kenyan soldiers claim to find scenes of torture by mall terrorists
    They say children found dead in food fridges with knives still in bodies
    Men were said to have been castrated and had fingers removed



Soldiers told of the horrific torture meted out by terrorists in the Nairobi mall massacre yesterday with claims hostages were dismembered, had their eyes gouged out and were left hanging from hooks in the ceiling.

Men were said to have been castrated and had fingers removed with pliers before being blinded and hanged.

Children were found dead in the food court fridges with knives still embedded in their bodies, it was claimed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2435251/Kenyas-Westgate-mall-Footage-shows-moment-group-people-emerge-butchers-freezer.html#ixzz2g8xXRlLY

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Kenya had mall-attack warning

The Kenyan government came under fire Saturday amid accusations that officials ignored intelligence reports before the Nairobi mall bloodbath last week.

A Sept. 13 report leaked to the country?s newspapers reveals both Kenyan and Israeli intelligence officials warned of a possible terror attack on the Westgate Mall.

The report had been sent to the country?s army chief and foreign and defense ministers, said senior security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

?There is no way one can say there was no intelligence on this attack because those reports started trickling in from late last year. And they were specific with targets including Westgate,? one top security official said.

The document indicated terrorists were planning to take over a building and ?probably

http://nypost.com/2013/09/29/kenya-had-mall-attack-warning/

[GeronL]

wow

Yes, it could happen here

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wow

Yes, it could happen here

I am thinking at some point it will for sure.