UPDATED:Kenya's Shopping Mall Attack"Terrorists And Victims Identity Revealed.

More updates on kenyan shopping mall attack...

Kenyan special forces were today locked in
a fight to the death with Islamic terrorists
who have been barricaded inside a Nairobi
mall with up to 40 hostages since Saturday.
Witnesses described hearing four large
explosions at the Westgate Shopping
Centre followed by fierce gun fire after the
military tried to break the three day siege
by gaining access from the roof.
It is feared that some of the gunmen inside
may have blown themselves up, though a
Kenyan government minister said that
militants had set fire to some mattresses in
a supermarket as a decoy.
Update: It's been confirmed that the
terrorists didn't blow themselves up, they
set ablaze mattresses they got from one of
the supermarkets in the mall, as a
diversion. The terrorists have been corned
in one of the rooms inside the mall.
Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said that
two of the terrorists had been killed and
that most hostages were now free. All of
the militants were men, he added, although
some were dressed as women. So far, 69
people have been confirmed dead. At least
175 were injured, including children.
A top military official said he believes the
attackers are 'a multinational collection
from all over the world.'

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Kenya Chief of Defence forces General
Julius Karangi said fighters from an array of
nations participated in the attack claimed
by Al Shabaab, a Somali group allies with
al-Qaida.
'We have an idea who this people are and
they are clearly a multinational collection
from all over the world,' he said. We have
an idea who they are, their nationality and
even the number. We are fighting global
terrorism here and we have sufficient intel
(intelligence) to suggest that.'
A Twitter account claiming to represent Al
Shabaab yesterday claimed that terrorists
from seven nations are involved in the
attack, including the U.S., Britain and
Canada.
The HSM Press Office account, which has
been suspended twice, claimed the group
were:

Names of alleged terrorists

Ahmed Nasir Shirdoon, 24, from London,
UK;
Gen Mustafe Noorduiin, 27, from Kansas
City, U.S.,
Abdifatah Osman Keenadiid, 24, from
Minneapolis, U.S.,
Ahmed Mohamad Isse, 22, from Saint Paul,
U.S;
Ismael Guled, 23, from Finland;
Abdirizak Mouled, 24, from Ontario,
Canada;
Zaki Jama Caraale, 20, and Sayid Nuh, 25,
both from Somalia.
Police chief David Kimaiyo said today that
some hostages have been freed. However,
a group claiming to represent the Al
Shabaab terrorists said they are still
fighting inside the building.

Names of victims

KENYA

President Uhuru Kenyatta's nephew and
nephew's fiancee were killed.

GHANA

Kofi Awoonor, a Ghanaian poet, professor
and former ambassador to Brazil, Cuba and
the United Nations, died after being
wounded in the attack, Ghana's presidential
office confirmed.
Ghana's ministry of information said
Awoonor's son was injured and is
responding to treatment.

CANADA

Two Canadians, including a diplomat, died
in the attack, according to Prime Minister
Stephen Harper.
He paid tribute to the victims and noted the
loss of diplomat Annemarie Desloges, who
served in Canada's High Commission to
Kenya as a liaison officer with the Canada
Border Services Agency.
Her spouse Robert Munk was wounded in
the attack, but has since been released
from the hospital, the Canadian Press
reported.

INDIA

Two Indians, 8-year-old Parmashu Jain and
40-year-old Sridhar Natarajan, were killed,
and four others were wounded in the
attack.

BRITAIN

The Foreign Office have confirmed that four
UK nationals have been killed in the attack.
Prize-winning architect Ross Langdon, who
had dual British and Australian citizenship,
is believed to be one of the dead.
A British man, who refused to give his
name, said his wife and daughter were
both killed in the atrocity.
The Foreign Office warned the number of
British dead is 'likely to rise as further
information becomes available.'

FRANCE

Two French women were killed, President
Francois Hollande said.
SOUTH AFRICA
One South African citizen was killed,
according to the country's International
Relations Department.
THE NETHERLANDS
A 33-year-old Dutch woman died in the
attack, believed to be Elif Yavuz, the heavily
pregnant partner of British architect Mr
Langdon.
Seven other Dutch citizens who were in the
mall escaped unharmed, Foreign Minister
Frans Timmermans said.

CHINA

A 38-year-old Chinese woman with the
surname Zhou who worked in the real
estate industry was killed in the attack,
China's official Xinhua News Agency
reported. Her son was injured in the attack
and was in stable condition in a hospital,
according to the Chinese Embassy in Kenya.

PERU

A retired staff member of UNICEF from Peru
was killed, the agency's regional office for
Eastern and Southern Africa said.

U.S.

Five American citizens were injured, U.S.
officials said.

NEW ZEALAND

Andrew McLaren, 34, a New Zealander who
managed a factory in Kenya for the
avocado oil company Olivado, was
wounded in the attack, the New Zealand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. He
was hospitalised in stable condition.

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