Kenya Arrests Another Mall Attack Suspect

Kenya’s interior minister says that another arrest has
been made in connection with the deadly Westgate
mall attack, which left 67 people dead in a four-day
siege.
Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said the arrest was
made on Sunday, but he refused to give any further
details.
Kenyan officials have arrested 12 people in
connection with the attack, but three have been freed.
Lenku declined to say if any of those arrested had
been in the mall during the attack.
Investigators have also identified a car used by the
gunmen, from the Somalia-based Islamist group al-
Shabab, and found in it “an assortment of illegal
weapons,” said Lenku.
The Red Cross says 59 people remain missing after
the siege, though the government puts that number
at zero.
Kenyans have become increasingly frustrated over the
government’s unwillingness to share information
about the attack. Almost no details have been
released about what happened after the first hours of
the siege.
“We ask you to bear with us,” he said, of the
government’s unwillingness to share information.
While the mall was a chaotic scene for many hours
after the attack began, with people moving in and out
of the upscale shopping centre, Lenku insisted no
terrorists could have escaped.
“Our forces sealed off every point of exit,” he said. “It
was completely secured.”