Wakazi jiji la Nairobi wamejikuta wakiingia katika hali ya taharuki baada shambulio la ghafla la Kighaidi lililofanywa na kikundi cha Alshabaab kuvamia Supermarket ya Westgate jijini Nairobi ambapo walengwa wakuu wa shambulio hili wakiwa ni wakristo na watu wote wasioamini katika uislamu.
kwa mujibu wa vyombo vya habari kutoka kenya vimeripoti kwamba mpaka sasa idadi ya vifo inaendelea kuongezeka na mpaka sasa idadi imefikia watu 30.
na hivi ndivyo ilivyoripotiwa katika baadhi ya vyombo vya habari kutoka nchini Kenya
Witnesses said the gunmen told Muslims to leave and shot those they believed were non-Muslim.
‘All Muslims leave… we only want to kill non-Muslims’: Witness reveals how gunmen who massacred at least 20 in Kenyan shopping mall targeted non-Islamics
Abbas Guled, the secretary general of the Kenya Red Cross Society, said: "I would say so far we have at least 15 dead. The casualties are many, and that's only what we have on the outside. Inside there are even more casualties and shooting is still going on."
The Nairobi police chief, Benson Kibue, said officers were engaged in a shootout with the attackers. He initially said the men had been trying to rob a shop within the centre but later described the incident as a terrorist attack.
Elijah Kamau told the Associated Press the gunmen made the statement about Muslims as they began their attack at the Westgate shopping centre.
Armed police arrived nearly half an hour after the attacks began and engaged the gunmen in a shootout. Officers shouted: "Get out, get out", and scores of shoppers fled the building. At least half a dozen were bloodied and helped by first-aiders.
Security guards used shopping trollies to wheel out several wounded children and at least one man.
Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant in the shopping centre when attackers lobbed grenades inside the building. He said gunfire then burst out and people screamed as they dropped to the ground.
A former British soldier told reporters: "I personally touched the eyes of four people and they were dead. One of them was a child. It's carnage up there."
Cars were left abandoned outside the center after the attack started around midday on Saturday.
Other witnesses said they had seen about five armed assailants storm the West-gate shopping center and that the incident appeared to be an attack rather than an armed robbery.
"They don't seem like thugs. This is not a robbery incident," Yukeh Manasseh told Reuters. "It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately."
The Somalian rebel group Al-Shabab vowed in 2011 to carry out a large-scale attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya sending troops into Somalia to fight them.
The centre is situated in Nairobi's affluent West lands area and is frequented by expatriates and rich Kenyans.
Source: Sky News
Security guards wheel out bodies in shopping trolleys from West lands Shopping Center
Hostages are being held by at least five attackers still in building
Upmarket mall is a favorite shopping spot for expats and wealthy Kenyans
Police opened fire after gunmen launched attack at midday today
Armed gang believed to have been terrorists, police say
Kenya Red Cross says at least 20 dead though police not given exact toll
Witness says attackers told shoppers non-Muslims were the targets
Somali militant group Al-Shabaab threatened to attack mall but no one yet claimed responsibility
At least 20 people are reported to be dead and 50 injured as a gun fight continues between police and armed men at a shopping center in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
One witness claimed gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave and that only non-Muslims would be targeted.
Security guards were seen wheeling out bloodstained bodies in shopping trolleys from upmarket mall in the Westlands district of the city, witnesses said, after the attack that broke out at midday today.
Locals and tourists who had come out shopping on the sunny Saturday morning ran screaming from the building and cars were left abandoned as attackers threw grenades and fired AK47s.
The attackers remained inside and firing subsided as military surrounded the mall hours after the attack. People continued to trickle out from hiding places within the Westgate mall, which is frequented by expatriates and rich Kenyans in Nairobi's affluent Westlands neighborhood.
Kenya Red Cross official Abbas Gullet said at least 22 people were killed in the attack that police blamed on terrorists. He said the death toll would likely rise.
"We are treating this as a terrorist attack," said police chief Benson Kibue, adding that there are likely no more than 10 attackers involved.
Police did not say what group was responsible for the attack.
Somali's rebel group al-Shabab vowed in late 2011 to carry out a large-scale attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya's sending of troops into Somalia to fight the Islamic insurgents.
Off duty Sgt. Major Frank Mugungu said Saturday he saw four male attackers and one female, and that he could clearly identify one of the gunmen as a Somali, though he could not identify the rest.
The Westgate mall, with shops like Nike, Adidas and Bose, has Israeli ownership, and security personnel have in the past identified the mall as a likely terror target in the city.
Elijah Kamau, who was at the mall at the time of the midday attack, said that the gunmen made a declaration that non-Muslims would be targeted.
"The gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave. They were safe, and non-Muslims would be targeted," he said.
Jay Patel, who sought cover on an upper floor in the mall when shooting began, said that when he looked out of a window onto the upper parking deck of the mall he saw the gunmen with a group of people.
Patel said that as the attackers were talking, some of the people stood up and left and the others were shot.
The gunmen carried AK-47s and wore vests with hand grenades on them, said Manish Turohit, 18, who hid in a parking garage for two hours.
"They just came in and threw a grenade. We were running and they opened fire. They were shouting and firing," he said after being marched out of the mall in line with about 15 people who held their hands in the air.
Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant inside the mall when attackers lobbed hand grenades inside the building. He said gunfire then burst out and people screamed as they dropped to the ground.
It appears the attack began at the outdoor seating area of Artcaffe at the front of the mall, witnesses said.
Patrick Kuria, an employee at Artcaffe, said: "We started by hearing gunshots downstairs and outside. Later we heard them come inside. We took cover. Then we saw two gunmen wearing black turbans. I saw them shoot."
Some people were shot at the entrance to the mall after volleys of gunfire moved outside and a standoff with police began. Ambulances continued to stream in and out of the mall area, ferrying the wounded who gradually emerged from hiding inside the mall.
People clutched their small children, and some cried. At one point in the day mall guards used shopping carts to wheel out wounded children.
A local hospital was overwhelmed with the number of wounded being brought in hours after the attack, so they had to divert them to a second facility.
picha za tukio hilo hizi hapa
kwa mujibu wa vyombo vya habari kutoka kenya vimeripoti kwamba mpaka sasa idadi ya vifo inaendelea kuongezeka na mpaka sasa idadi imefikia watu 30.
na hivi ndivyo ilivyoripotiwa katika baadhi ya vyombo vya habari kutoka nchini Kenya
Witnesses said the gunmen told Muslims to leave and shot those they believed were non-Muslim.
‘All Muslims leave… we only want to kill non-Muslims’: Witness reveals how gunmen who massacred at least 20 in Kenyan shopping mall targeted non-Islamics
Abbas Guled, the secretary general of the Kenya Red Cross Society, said: "I would say so far we have at least 15 dead. The casualties are many, and that's only what we have on the outside. Inside there are even more casualties and shooting is still going on."
The Nairobi police chief, Benson Kibue, said officers were engaged in a shootout with the attackers. He initially said the men had been trying to rob a shop within the centre but later described the incident as a terrorist attack.
Elijah Kamau told the Associated Press the gunmen made the statement about Muslims as they began their attack at the Westgate shopping centre.
Armed police arrived nearly half an hour after the attacks began and engaged the gunmen in a shootout. Officers shouted: "Get out, get out", and scores of shoppers fled the building. At least half a dozen were bloodied and helped by first-aiders.
Security guards used shopping trollies to wheel out several wounded children and at least one man.
Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant in the shopping centre when attackers lobbed grenades inside the building. He said gunfire then burst out and people screamed as they dropped to the ground.
A former British soldier told reporters: "I personally touched the eyes of four people and they were dead. One of them was a child. It's carnage up there."
Cars were left abandoned outside the center after the attack started around midday on Saturday.
Other witnesses said they had seen about five armed assailants storm the West-gate shopping center and that the incident appeared to be an attack rather than an armed robbery.
"They don't seem like thugs. This is not a robbery incident," Yukeh Manasseh told Reuters. "It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately."
The Somalian rebel group Al-Shabab vowed in 2011 to carry out a large-scale attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya sending troops into Somalia to fight them.
The centre is situated in Nairobi's affluent West lands area and is frequented by expatriates and rich Kenyans.
Source: Sky News
Security guards wheel out bodies in shopping trolleys from West lands Shopping Center
Hostages are being held by at least five attackers still in building
Upmarket mall is a favorite shopping spot for expats and wealthy Kenyans
Police opened fire after gunmen launched attack at midday today
Armed gang believed to have been terrorists, police say
Kenya Red Cross says at least 20 dead though police not given exact toll
Witness says attackers told shoppers non-Muslims were the targets
Somali militant group Al-Shabaab threatened to attack mall but no one yet claimed responsibility
At least 20 people are reported to be dead and 50 injured as a gun fight continues between police and armed men at a shopping center in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
One witness claimed gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave and that only non-Muslims would be targeted.
Security guards were seen wheeling out bloodstained bodies in shopping trolleys from upmarket mall in the Westlands district of the city, witnesses said, after the attack that broke out at midday today.
Locals and tourists who had come out shopping on the sunny Saturday morning ran screaming from the building and cars were left abandoned as attackers threw grenades and fired AK47s.
The attackers remained inside and firing subsided as military surrounded the mall hours after the attack. People continued to trickle out from hiding places within the Westgate mall, which is frequented by expatriates and rich Kenyans in Nairobi's affluent Westlands neighborhood.
Kenya Red Cross official Abbas Gullet said at least 22 people were killed in the attack that police blamed on terrorists. He said the death toll would likely rise.
"We are treating this as a terrorist attack," said police chief Benson Kibue, adding that there are likely no more than 10 attackers involved.
Police did not say what group was responsible for the attack.
Somali's rebel group al-Shabab vowed in late 2011 to carry out a large-scale attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya's sending of troops into Somalia to fight the Islamic insurgents.
Off duty Sgt. Major Frank Mugungu said Saturday he saw four male attackers and one female, and that he could clearly identify one of the gunmen as a Somali, though he could not identify the rest.
The Westgate mall, with shops like Nike, Adidas and Bose, has Israeli ownership, and security personnel have in the past identified the mall as a likely terror target in the city.
Elijah Kamau, who was at the mall at the time of the midday attack, said that the gunmen made a declaration that non-Muslims would be targeted.
"The gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave. They were safe, and non-Muslims would be targeted," he said.
Jay Patel, who sought cover on an upper floor in the mall when shooting began, said that when he looked out of a window onto the upper parking deck of the mall he saw the gunmen with a group of people.
Patel said that as the attackers were talking, some of the people stood up and left and the others were shot.
The gunmen carried AK-47s and wore vests with hand grenades on them, said Manish Turohit, 18, who hid in a parking garage for two hours.
"They just came in and threw a grenade. We were running and they opened fire. They were shouting and firing," he said after being marched out of the mall in line with about 15 people who held their hands in the air.
Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant inside the mall when attackers lobbed hand grenades inside the building. He said gunfire then burst out and people screamed as they dropped to the ground.
It appears the attack began at the outdoor seating area of Artcaffe at the front of the mall, witnesses said.
Patrick Kuria, an employee at Artcaffe, said: "We started by hearing gunshots downstairs and outside. Later we heard them come inside. We took cover. Then we saw two gunmen wearing black turbans. I saw them shoot."
Some people were shot at the entrance to the mall after volleys of gunfire moved outside and a standoff with police began. Ambulances continued to stream in and out of the mall area, ferrying the wounded who gradually emerged from hiding inside the mall.
People clutched their small children, and some cried. At one point in the day mall guards used shopping carts to wheel out wounded children.
A local hospital was overwhelmed with the number of wounded being brought in hours after the attack, so they had to divert them to a second facility.
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