15 gunmen linked with the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab are still holding a number of hostages at a upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, 30 hours after launching a deadliest attack which killed at least 68 people. Nearly 50 people remain unaccounted for intense standoff between Kenyan security forces and Al-Shabaab suspects, according to the Kenya Red Cross sources. At least have been killed after the gunmen stormed the upscale shopping mall, Cabinet Secretary in charge of Internal Security Joseph Ole Lenku told journalists early in the day. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said gunmen also killed a nephew and his fiancee. Among the slain foreigners were two French nationals, two Canadians, three Britons, one Chinese and one Ghanaian. [Photo/CNS] |
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