A policeman takes up position during a shootout with armed men at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21, 2013. At least nine people were killed in a shooting in the shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Saturday, witnesses said.
Armed police search through
Westgate shopping centre for gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013.
Gunmen stormed the shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday
killing at least 15 people, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, and
sending scores fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets seeking
safety.
A body is seen as an armed
police searches through the Westgate shopping centre for gunmen in
Nairobi, September 21, 2013. Gunmen stormed the shopping mall in the
Kenyan capital on Saturday killing at least 15 people, according to the
Kenyan Red Cross, and sending scores fleeing into shops, a cinema and
onto the streets seeking safety.
An injured policeman holds on to
his wound as his compatriot searches through the Westgate shopping
centre for gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. Gunmen stormed the
shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday killing at least 15
people, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, and sending scores fleeing
into shops, a cinema and onto the streets seeking safety.
A child runs to safety as armed
police hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree at Westgate shopping
centre in Nairobi September 21, 2013. The gunmen stormed a shopping mall
in Nairobi on Saturday killing at least 20 people in what Kenya's
government said could be a terrorist attack, and sending scores fleeing
into shops, a cinema and onto the streets in search of safety. Sporadic
gun shots could be heard hours after the assault started as soldiers
surrounded the mall and police and soldiers combed the building, hunting
down the attackers shop by shop. Some local television stations
reported hostages had been taken, but there was no official
confirmation.
An injured woman cries for help
after gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21,
2013. Gunmen stormed the shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on
Saturday killing at least 15 people, according to the Kenyan Red Cross,
and sending scores fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets
seeking safety
People (top) crawl past the body
of a man as they try to escape while police search through the Westgate
shopping centre for gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. Gunmen
stormed the shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday killing at
least 15 people, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, and sending scores
fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets seeking safety
A police officer tries to secure
an area inside the Westgate Shopping Centre where gunmen went on a
shooting spree in Nairobi September 21, 2013. The gunmen stormed the
shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday killing at least 20 people in what
Kenya's government said could be a terrorist attack, and sending scores
fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets in search of safety.
Sporadic gun shots could be heard hours after the assault started as
soldiers surrounded the mall and police and soldiers combed the
building, hunting down the attackers shop by shop. Some local television
stations reported hostages had been taken, but there was no official
confirmation
A woman's body in Westgate
shopping centre in Nairobi after a shooting spree, September 21, 2013.
Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday killing
at least 15 people, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, and sending
scores fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets seeking safety
An injured woman (C) is helped
out of the Westgate Shopping Centre where gunmen went on a shooting
spree, in Nairobi September 21, 2013. The gunmen stormed the shopping
mall in Nairobi on Saturday killing at least 20 people in what Kenya's
government said could be a terrorist attack, and sending scores fleeing
into shops, a cinema and onto the streets in search of safety. Sporadic
gun shots could be heard hours after the assault started as soldiers
surrounded the mall and police and soldiers combed the building, hunting
down the attackers shop by shop.
A soldier carries a child to
safety as armed police hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree at
Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. The gunmen
stormed the shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday killing at least 20
people in what Kenya's government said could be a terrorist attack, and
sending scores fleeing into shops, a cinema and onto the streets in
search of safety. Sporadic gun shots could be heard hours after the
assault started as soldiers surrounded the mall and police and soldiers
combed the building, hunting down the attackers shop by shop. Some local
television stations reported hostages had been taken, but there was no
official confirmation.
-Reuters
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