BUSTED!:Westgate Shopping Mall Attack Has Ended While Terrorists Are In Custody.

Kenya's President tonight announced that
his country had 'ashamed and defeated' its
attackers following the siege on a Nairobi
mall that has left 61 civilians and six
security officers dead.
Three floors of the Westgate shopping
centre collapsed towards the end of the
operation by security forces, five alleged
terrorists have been killed and there were
still at least three bodies in the rubble.
Uhuru Kenyatta - who also declared three
days of national mourning - said: ‘Fellow
Kenyans, we have been badly hurt and feel
great pain and loss - but we have been
brave, united and strong.’

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He said there were 11 alleged terrorists
now in custody, adding: ‘Kenya has stared
down great evil and triumphed… We have
shamed and defeated our attackers. That
part of our task was completed.'
For clarity, Mr Kenyatta said the attack had
left 240 casualties, including 61 dead
civilians and six of his security forces,
adding that five terrorists were killed and
another 11 suspects are in custody.

He added: ‘I promise that we shall have full
accountability for the mindless destruction,
deaths, pain, loss and suffering we have all
undergone as a national family. These
cowards will meet justice.’
It came after police said today that Kenyan
forces were defusing explosive devices set
up by Islamist militants inside the shopping
mall where extremists claimed to be still
holding hostages.

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No details were released about the nature
and size of the explosives, but it had added
an extra dangerous element to the siege,
which dragged on for more than 72 hours.
Kenyan police said on Twitter that the mall
was 'under the full control of govt
(government) forces and we are carrying
out a sweep to ensure (it's) safe for
everyone.'
But just as police stressed they were in
charge of the situation this morning, two
senior Kenyan officials told CNN that
several gunmen, including snipers, were
still inside the four-storey complex.
Al Shabaab also said earlier that its
militants were still holding out in the
Westgate centre and their hostages were
still alive.

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Sporadic gunfire at the upmarket Westgate
mall broke out again at dawn hours.
It came after officials claimed Kenyan
troops had wrested back 'control' of the
sprawling complex from Somalia's Al
Shebaab insurgents, who are said to
include Americans and a British woman.
At least 62 shoppers and staff have been
killed and more than 200 wounded in the
siege, but concerns are high that the toll
may yet rise.
Al Shabaab has been boasting about
'countless number of dead bodies still
scattered inside the mall'. Six Kenyan
soldiers have also died from wounds
sustained during the siege.

Al Shabaab said its militants were still
holding out in the Westgate centre and
hostages they were holding were still alive.
'There are countless number of dead
bodies still scattered inside the mall, and
the Mujahideen (fighters) are still holding
their ground #Westgate,' it said on a
Twitter feed purportedly registered to the
Islamist group.
'The hostages who were being held by the
Mujahideen inside #Westgate are still alive,
looking quite disconcerted but,
nevertheless, alive.'
It later claimed that all hostages were
'strapped with remote control bombs.'

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An overnight silence outside the large,
upmarket Westgate mall was broken at
daybreak with a loud burst of gunfire from
inside, suggesting the complex had not yet
been fully secured. A lone military chopper
circled above.
'Our forces are combing the mall floor by
floor looking for anyone left behind. We
believe all hostages have been released,'
the Ministry of Interior said on Twitter early
today adding his forces were 'in control 'of
the building.
Despite Kenyan government assurances of
success, another explosion and more
gunfire could be heard coming from the
mall at around 6:30am local time today,
reporters at the scene said.

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