#al-Shebab claims 137 hostages were killed in Kenyan mall siege
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Kenyan paramilitaries drive towards the Westgate mall on 24 September 2013 in Nairobi. (Photo: AFP Simon Maina)
Somalia’s al-Shebab insurgents claimed Wednesday 137 hostages they had seized died in a Nairobi shopping mall siege, figures impossible to verify and higher than the number of people officially registered as missing. The al-Qaeda-linked fighters, in a message posted on Twitter, said “137 hostages who were being held by the mujahideen” had died. They also (...)