Kenya mall terrorist shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he ran shooting at civilians-WSJ

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9/22/13, "Gunmen Kill Dozens In Nairobi Mall Attack," Wall St. Journal, Heidi Vogt, Nairobi

"Deadliest Terror Incident Since 1998 Bombing of U.S. Embassy In Kenya."

Child runs to safety at mall on Sat.

"Gunmen burst into an upscale shopping mall Saturday, opening fire and throwing grenades in a terrorist attack that killed dozens of people and injured many more, including several foreigners and family members of Kenya's president. The siege continued into Sunday morning, with wounded being evacuated in ambulances....

A posting on a Twitter account that has been used by al-Shabaab said the attackers belonged to their group. The Kenyan government "is pleading with our Mujahideen inside the mall for negotiations. There will be no negotiations," the author wrote.

Police officials declined to speculate on who carried out the attack. "The whole thing is ongoing," said Nairobi Police Chief Benson Kibue earlier in the day. "We cannot comment on who the attackers are until we have got them."

Witnesses gave conflicting accounts about the attackers' appearance, with some saying they looked foreign and spoke Somali—a few wore long beards, which are uncommon in Kenya—and some wore turbans.
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"I saw two men with white turbans and guns," said George Onyango, who ran out of the mall with two members of the family he works for and hid on the floor of his car as the attackers ran in. He said the attackers were shouting in Somali and running up to the top floor.

Another witness, 59-year-old French national Marcel Hale, said he saw a bearded gunman shooting toward him and yelling, "Allahu akbar!" Arabic for "God is Great!" Mr. Hale said that the bullet hit a stool and that he and his wife ran to a restaurant kitchen, where they hid until they were rescued by police. Both of them escaped unharmed."...image above from WSJ


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