Top leaders of the European Union (EU) on Monday condemned the terror attack in Kenya's Nairobi, which killed dozens of people.

"It was with great shock and sadness that we learnt of the brutal attack on innocent citizens at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi on Saturday. The European Union firmly condemns all such terror attacks," said President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in their join message to the President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta.

"We send our most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the bereaved and our sympathy to those injured and all affected by the events." They said.

"On a personal note we would like to express to you our deepest sympathy for your loss of family members in the tragedy. Our thoughts are with you and all Kenyan people." They added.

They said that such acts must not be allowed to weaken our common resolve to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from Eastern Africa and to prevent such attacks in the future.

"We are conscious that it makes all the more important our continued cooperation in freeing Somalia and Kenya from the scourge of Al-Shabaab, promoting security and development for all the people of Kenya, and building in Somalia a stable and prosperous state, subject to the rule of law, to which refugees can safely return," they said.

According to the Kenya Defense Forces, the death toll in an attack by Al-Shabaab gunmen on Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday rose to 62. Endi

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