Militants who stormed the Kenyan
shopping mall reportedly burnt victims’
faces and cut off their hands in an attempt
to conceal their identities before piling the
bodies up by the main door to slow the
progress of the rescue teams.
One security officer said the mall had been
turned into ‘an abattoir’ within half an
hour as gunmen went on the rampage.
As shocking details emerged of the horrors
committed inside the Westgate shopping
centre, it was also reported that an injured
woman had been sexually abused dats
gunpoint in front of young hostages.
‘Like an abattoir’: A Kenyan soldier
prepares to enter the Westgate Mall, where
miltants reportedly burnt the faces of their
victims and cut off their hands to prevent
them being identified
Horrific: It was reported that a woman had
been sexually abused at gunpoint in front
of young hostages
Footage shows shoppers fleeing attack
inside Nairobi mall
It is believed that she has been shot in the
shoulder, while her child has been killed.
Details of the incident were posted
hundreds of times on Facebook.
The woman is said to have been able to
speak several times with her husband, who
is outside the shopping centre – but last
night he had heard nothing from her for
several hours.
Kenya’s foreign minister Amina Mohamed
said up to three Americans and one British
person were among those who attacked the
Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.
He told PBS’ ‘NewsHour’ program that the
Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of
Somali or Arab origin and lived ‘in
Minnesota and one other place’ in the U.S.
The revelation would support information
posted onto Twitter, which suggested the
terror cell which carried out the attack was
15-strong and contained many
nationalities, including citizens of the
United States.
The attacker from Britain was a woman who
has ‘done this many times before,’
Mohamed said which lends weight to
speculation that the so-called ‘White
Widow’, Samantha Lewhwaite may have
taken part in the raid.
Shock: Kamal Kaur – who was hosting the
competition for 33 children at the Westgate
shopping centre in Nairobi on Saturday –
said her own daughter and son, aged 12
and eight, were injured in the attack
Wounded: Radio presenter Mrs Kaur added
that somebody carried away her daughter
after the girl’s leg was badly injured – and
she could only say a prayer that she would
be safe
Explosions and then black smoke rises from
besieged mall
Another witness who was hosting a cookery
competition in the Kenyan mall attacked by
terrorists claimed today that adults acted
like ‘animals’ during the attack by climbing
on top of children to escape.
Kamal Kaur – who was hosting the
competition for 33 children at the Westgate
shopping centre in Nairobi on Saturday –
said her own daughter and son, aged 12
and eight, were injured in the attack.
The radio presenter added that somebody
carried away her daughter after the girl’s
leg was badly injured – and she could only
say a prayer that she would be safe.
Mrs Kaur told BBC News in an emotional
interview: ‘I had about 30 to 33 kids with
me. The shooting was going on. We were in
the corner. I was telling everybody “bend
down”.
‘The adults were worst – they were animals,
they were climbing on top of the kids to
jump over the walls. I was trying to say
“there are little children over there” – they
were stepping on the children.
‘I think somebody carried my daughter out
– she couldn’t walk, she was hurt pretty
badly on her leg, so a Samaritan picked her
up and he ran off with her. I just said a
prayer, “just look after her”.
Operation: Heavy smoke rises from the
Nairobi shopping centre. Multiple large
blasts have rocked the mall
Outside the mall: Armed police from the
General Service Unit take cover behind a
wall during a bout of gunfire
Mrs Kaur – whose colleague Ruhila Adatia,
who was six months pregnant, was one of
those killed in the terrifying attack - also
posted a string of shocking tweets about
her ordeal when she got home.
She said on Twitter: ‘I just washed my hair
and wailed like a child. Blood in my hair.
Not mine. That little boy who died right
next to me…
‘My son almost had his head blown off.
Missed by an inch. Hit wall. Bounced and
killed the little boy next to him.’
Kenya said today that its security forces
were in control of the mall and police were
doing a final sweep of shops after rescuing
the last hostages.
It comes the Kenyan Government claimed
tonight that troops had wrested control of
nearly all the shopping mall two days after
it was seized by armed Islamic terrorists
who killed more than 60 people – including
six from Britain.
‘The adults were worst – they were animals,
they were climbing on top of the kids to
jump over the walls’
Kamal Kaur, witness
Four thunderous explosions reverberated
through a neighborhood, raising fears for
the lives of any remaining hostages still
being held by al-Shabab, a Somali group
linked with Al Qaeda, in the mall.
Three attackers had been killed in the latest
fighting and more than 10 suspects
arrested. Eleven Kenyan soldiers were
wounded. By evening, Kenyan security
officials were claiming the upper hand.
The massacre began on Saturday shortly
before midday local time.
Witnesses told how terrorists with faces
hidden by Islamic scarves stormed the
building, tossing grenades and spraying
shoppers with AK-47s.
The killers, who were dressed in Western
clothes, ordered all Muslims to leave,
before carrying out rudimentary tests to
see if hostages could recite the Koran and
name the mother of the Prophet
Mohammed.
Read more: Daily Mail
shopping mall reportedly burnt victims’
faces and cut off their hands in an attempt
to conceal their identities before piling the
bodies up by the main door to slow the
progress of the rescue teams.
One security officer said the mall had been
turned into ‘an abattoir’ within half an
hour as gunmen went on the rampage.
As shocking details emerged of the horrors
committed inside the Westgate shopping
centre, it was also reported that an injured
woman had been sexually abused dats
gunpoint in front of young hostages.
‘Like an abattoir’: A Kenyan soldier
prepares to enter the Westgate Mall, where
miltants reportedly burnt the faces of their
victims and cut off their hands to prevent
them being identified
Horrific: It was reported that a woman had
been sexually abused at gunpoint in front
of young hostages
Footage shows shoppers fleeing attack
inside Nairobi mall
It is believed that she has been shot in the
shoulder, while her child has been killed.
Details of the incident were posted
hundreds of times on Facebook.
The woman is said to have been able to
speak several times with her husband, who
is outside the shopping centre – but last
night he had heard nothing from her for
several hours.
Kenya’s foreign minister Amina Mohamed
said up to three Americans and one British
person were among those who attacked the
Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.
He told PBS’ ‘NewsHour’ program that the
Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of
Somali or Arab origin and lived ‘in
Minnesota and one other place’ in the U.S.
The revelation would support information
posted onto Twitter, which suggested the
terror cell which carried out the attack was
15-strong and contained many
nationalities, including citizens of the
United States.
The attacker from Britain was a woman who
has ‘done this many times before,’
Mohamed said which lends weight to
speculation that the so-called ‘White
Widow’, Samantha Lewhwaite may have
taken part in the raid.
Shock: Kamal Kaur – who was hosting the
competition for 33 children at the Westgate
shopping centre in Nairobi on Saturday –
said her own daughter and son, aged 12
and eight, were injured in the attack
Wounded: Radio presenter Mrs Kaur added
that somebody carried away her daughter
after the girl’s leg was badly injured – and
she could only say a prayer that she would
be safe
Explosions and then black smoke rises from
besieged mall
Another witness who was hosting a cookery
competition in the Kenyan mall attacked by
terrorists claimed today that adults acted
like ‘animals’ during the attack by climbing
on top of children to escape.
Kamal Kaur – who was hosting the
competition for 33 children at the Westgate
shopping centre in Nairobi on Saturday –
said her own daughter and son, aged 12
and eight, were injured in the attack.
The radio presenter added that somebody
carried away her daughter after the girl’s
leg was badly injured – and she could only
say a prayer that she would be safe.
Mrs Kaur told BBC News in an emotional
interview: ‘I had about 30 to 33 kids with
me. The shooting was going on. We were in
the corner. I was telling everybody “bend
down”.
‘The adults were worst – they were animals,
they were climbing on top of the kids to
jump over the walls. I was trying to say
“there are little children over there” – they
were stepping on the children.
‘I think somebody carried my daughter out
– she couldn’t walk, she was hurt pretty
badly on her leg, so a Samaritan picked her
up and he ran off with her. I just said a
prayer, “just look after her”.
Operation: Heavy smoke rises from the
Nairobi shopping centre. Multiple large
blasts have rocked the mall
Outside the mall: Armed police from the
General Service Unit take cover behind a
wall during a bout of gunfire
Mrs Kaur – whose colleague Ruhila Adatia,
who was six months pregnant, was one of
those killed in the terrifying attack - also
posted a string of shocking tweets about
her ordeal when she got home.
She said on Twitter: ‘I just washed my hair
and wailed like a child. Blood in my hair.
Not mine. That little boy who died right
next to me…
‘My son almost had his head blown off.
Missed by an inch. Hit wall. Bounced and
killed the little boy next to him.’
Kenya said today that its security forces
were in control of the mall and police were
doing a final sweep of shops after rescuing
the last hostages.
It comes the Kenyan Government claimed
tonight that troops had wrested control of
nearly all the shopping mall two days after
it was seized by armed Islamic terrorists
who killed more than 60 people – including
six from Britain.
‘The adults were worst – they were animals,
they were climbing on top of the kids to
jump over the walls’
Kamal Kaur, witness
Four thunderous explosions reverberated
through a neighborhood, raising fears for
the lives of any remaining hostages still
being held by al-Shabab, a Somali group
linked with Al Qaeda, in the mall.
Three attackers had been killed in the latest
fighting and more than 10 suspects
arrested. Eleven Kenyan soldiers were
wounded. By evening, Kenyan security
officials were claiming the upper hand.
The massacre began on Saturday shortly
before midday local time.
Witnesses told how terrorists with faces
hidden by Islamic scarves stormed the
building, tossing grenades and spraying
shoppers with AK-47s.
The killers, who were dressed in Western
clothes, ordered all Muslims to leave,
before carrying out rudimentary tests to
see if hostages could recite the Koran and
name the mother of the Prophet
Mohammed.
Read more: Daily Mail
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