At least 68 dead as #Kenya mall standoff continues
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A severely wounded man is rescued by Kenyan troops at the Westgate Mall on 21 September 2013 in Nairobi. (Photo: AFP - James Quest)
Islamist militants were holding hostages on Sunday at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 68 people were killed in an attack by the Somali #al-Shebab group, which demanded that Kenya pull troops back from its neighbor. Brief volleys of gunfire and a blast interrupted hours of stalemate. A Reuters correspondent saw security (...)