Kenya's 'terrorist' attack: Trapped in Nairobi mall

Soldiers from a special unit arrive outside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 21, 2013. Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab today demonstrated to what extent they remain a powerful force when they attacked a packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi at midday killing at least 30 and wounding scores of others. Some 10 heavily-armed Islamist fighters headed into the mall through the main entrance and started executing shoppers. Ten hours later several fighters were still inside the mall, fighting it out with Kenyan security forces.  (AFP)

An image grab taken from AFP TV shows the bodies of two victims inside a shopping mall following an attack by masked gunmen in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on September 21, 2013. Masked attackers stormed the packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, spraying gunfire and killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more before holing themselves up in the complex. (AFP)

The body of a woman is taken into a waiting van outside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 21, 2013. Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab today demonstrated to what extent they remain a powerful force when they attacked a packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi at midday killing at least 30 and wounding scores of others. Some 10 heavily-armed Islamist fighters headed into the mall through the main entrance and started executing shoppers. Ten hours later several fighters were still inside the mall, fighting it out with Kenyan security forces.  (AFP)

An image grab taken from AFP TV shows a Kenyan woman coming out of an air vent where she was hiding during an attack by masked gunmen at a shopping mall in Nairobi on September 21, 2013. Masked attackers stormed the packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, spraying gunfire and killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more before holing themselves up in the complex. (AFP)

An image grab taken from AFP TV shows a Kenyan woman coming out of an air vent where she was hiding during an attack by masked gunmen at a shopping mall in Nairobi on September 21, 2013. Masked attackers stormed the packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, spraying gunfire and killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more before holing themselves up in the complex. (AFP)

An image grab taken from AFP TV shows Kenyan security forces taking position inside a shopping mall following an attack by masked gunmen in Nairobi on September 21, 2013. Masked attackers stormed the packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, spraying gunfire and killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more before holing themselves up in the complex. (AFP)

A woman who had been held hostage is carried in shock by rescue personnel on September 21, 2013, after she was freed following a security operation at an upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi where suspected terrorrists engaged Kenyan security forces in a drawn out gun fight. Some 20 people have been killed and about 50 wounded Saturday in the initial attack by the gunmen the Kenya Red Cross said.  (AFP)

A woman (2ndL) who had been held hostage reacts following a security operation at an upmarket shopping mall, where suspected terrorists engaged Kenyan security forces in a drawn out gun fight on September 21 2013 in Nairboi. Some 20 people have been killed and about 50 wounded Saturday in the initial attack by the gunmen the Kenya Red Cross said. (AFP)

Injured people receive assistance from bypassers after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff, killing at least thirteen on September 21, 2013 in Nairobi. The Gunmen have taken at least seven hostages, police and security guards told an (AFP)

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