Inconsolable: Ann Gakii (left) reacts at the
Nairobi City Mortuary after identifying the body of her father, who was
killed in the mall attack in Nairobi
Anguish: The Kenyan Red Cross confirmed at least
62 people had been killed, but spokesman Abbas Gullet said it was still
not known how many more may be dead inside the building
Victim's relative: Zipporah Mureithi, 34,
centre, is helped by relatives as she weeps after identifying the body
of her father Paul, 56, at the city morgue in Nairobi, Kenya
Tears: Relatives of Johnny Mutinda Musango, 48, weep after identifying his body at the city morgue in Nairobi
Traumatic: Relatives of Johnny Mutinda Musango, 48, weep after identifying his body at the city morgue
Help: Stephen, centre, who lost his father in
Saturday's attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, is comforted
by relatives as he waits for the post mortem exam at the city morgue
Shock: Family members weep outside the Nairobi Mortuary in Nairobi as they mourn the death of loved ones
Grief: Vehicles drove in and out, from shiny
black hearses to beat-up minibuses, to fetch the dead from the attack by
Somali militants on the upmarket Nairobi shopping mall
Carried: The body of a man killed in the Westgate mall shooting is taken out of a morgue in Nairobi, Kenya
Macabre: A government official said the morgue was preparing for up to an additional 60 bodies
Agony: Zilpa, 29, views the body of her husband
Thomas Abayo Italo, 33, four days after he was shot in the head by
gunmen during the mall attack
Assault: Kenyan soldiers take their position at
the Westgate shopping centre, on the fourth day since militants stormed
into the mall in Nairobi
Evasive action: Kenyan soldiers and policemen
crouch down behind a wall as they prepare for the next stage of the
assault on the mall
Died together: British architect Ross Langdon,
33, and his pregnant girlfriend Elif Yavuz who were killed in the Kenyan
shopping mall massacre
Distraught: Father Louis Bawa (left) is seen
with his nine-year-old daughter Jennah (right). She has been confirmed
as one of the British victims in the Kenya terrorist attack, in which
her mother also died
Tragedy: Priyanshu Jain had gone to the Nairobi mall with his parents and sister
Devastating: The boy's funeral procession in Bahubali village
'White widow': Weight has been added to the
theory that Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive widow of 7/7 bomber
Jermaine Lindsay, was behind the attack
A dead white woman has been found among Islamic
terrorists killed by soldiers as they stormed the mall where 62 shoppers
were slaughtered this weekend, Kenyan officials said. It will fuel
speculation the dead woman is Samantha Lewthwaite (left and right),
widow of 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, wanted on terror charges
Police will also investigate the possibility
that she is a hostage dressed in one of the terrorist's clothes. Asked
if it was Lewthwaite, dubbed the 'White Widow', an intelligence officer
said: 'We don't know'
Lewthwaite, 29, was married to Jermaine Lindsay, the suicide bomber who blew up a Tube train at King?s Cross in 2005
Operation: Kenyan soldiers take cover after
heavy gunfire near the Westgate mall in Nairobi. Defence troops remain
inside the mall, in a standoff with Somali militants
Paramedics run beside parked ambulances outside
the Westgate Mall in Nairobi after heavy shooting started for the third
time since this morning
A police helicopter hovers next to a plume of
rising black smoke from the shopping mall as an assault team was
continuing with a rescue operation at the Westgate shopping mall, where
the hostage situation continues
People take cover after hearing gun shots near
the centre. The start of the final assault was heralded by a series of
loud blasts and a barrage of gunfire as a pall of thick black smoke
began to rise over the mall
The Westgate Shopping Centre is on fire and a
fierce gun battle is underway as Kenyan special forces try to end the
three day siege that has killed at least 62 people
Witnesses have reported hearing rapid gun fire at the shopping mall and Kenyan soldiers have been seen moving towards Westgate
A paramedic runs for cover outside the mall in Nairobi after a large explosion was followed by sustained shooting
Security forces say they have evacuated almost all the hostages from the shopping centre, which was on fire earlier on Monday
A Kenyan minister claimed the heavy black smoke billowing from the shopping mall on Monday was caused by burned mattresses
The area around the mall was teeming with Kenyan
soldiers and armoured personnel carriers, as emergency workers and
reporters were told to take cover
Kenyan police said they have rescued some
hostages after storming the mall and said they are 'increasingly gaining
advantage [over] the attackers'
Police officers take cover following a string of explosions and fierce gun fire on Monday - the third day of the siege
Kenya Security personnel take cover
outside the Westgate Mall. Islamist terror group Al Shabaab claimed it
carried out the atrocity in which four Britons were killed and 175
people were left injured
Kenyan military said last night that 'most' of
the hostages have been freed but a spokesman admitted today that the
situation is still not clear
Militants inside the shopping centre said hostages would 'bear the brunt' of any action by the Kenyan military
Desperation: A crowd of people hold their arms
out to catch a Kenyan woman as she jumps out from the air vent where she
had been hiding from the gunmen
Moving quickly: An image grab taken from AFP TV
shows civilians taking cover following an attack by masked gunmen in a
shopping mall in Nairobi
Tense: Kenyan paramilitary officers walk towards
a small shopping arcade adjacent to the Westgate shopping mall where
the fate of the hostages remained unclear on Monday morning
Tense: Soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces walk out of the mall, following the sound of explosions and gunfire
Shock: A soldier directs people up
stairs inside the Westgate shopping mall. Some fled and sought refuge in
shops, bank vaults and store rooms as grenades exploded and bullets
fired around them
Hunting down the terrorists: Soldiers from
the Kenya Defence Forces arrive at the Westgate Shopping Centre in the
capital Nairobi
Help: Relatives and friends of victims line up
to donate blood in Nairobi, following the overwhelming numbers of
casualties from the Westgate mall shooting
At night: Kenyan security forces are seen tonight outside the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya
Operation: Kenyan soldiers move in formation as
smoke rises in the background, clearing the top floor balcony and
interior of the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi
Battling the terrorists: Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants claimed they were still holding hostages in Nairobi, Kenya
Resting: Soldiers take a tea break at the Oshawal Centre in Nairobi, close to the Westgate shopping mall
In they go: The Kenyan Defence Force storm the roof with assault riffles at the Westgate Shopping Mall
Moving in: The Kenyan Defence Force inside the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, after the terrorist attack
Statement: President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) said that the country had 'ashamed and defeated' its attackers
Military: A Kenyan soldier takes up position outside the Westgate shopping mall in the country's capital city
Response: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take
their position at the Westgate shopping centre, on the fourth day since
militants stormed into the mall
Approach: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers move at the main entrance of the Westgate shopping centre
Like a war zone: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take their position at the Westgate shopping centre
In the air: Smoke rises from the shopping mall as Kenyan soldiers continue with a search and rescue operation
Clearing the area: A military helcopter (left) hovers above a plume of
smoke coming from the shopping mall, as Kenyan soldiers (right) move in
formation
Go away: Onlookers are teargassed by police trying to disperse idlers who had milled around the shopping mall
Tactics: A Kenya Defence Forces soldier talks on
a mobile phone as he and his colleagues guard the street leading to the
Westgate shopping mall
Going in: Kenyan soldiers clear the top floor of the Westgate mall in Nairobi following the attack on Saturday
Assault: Kenyan soldiers take their position at
the Westgate shopping centre, on the fourth day since militants stormed
into the mall in Nairobi
Patience: Members of Kenya's security forces man
a checkpoint outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya early Monday,
Sept. 23, 2013
Kenyan policemen gather for a briefing near the
Westgate Shopping Centre in the capital Nairobi, September 23, 2013.
Heavy and sustained gunfire was heard from the Kenyan shopping mall on
Monday morning
A truck of security forces arrives at the
Westgate Mall after a bout of heavy gunfire just after dawn in Nairobi,
Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
An injured person arrives in an ambulance at the
Aga Khan Hospital following an attack at the Westgate Mall where gunmen
opened fire and threw grenades in Kenya.
Relatives help
a woman at the Nairobi City Mortuary after she identified the body of a
victim of the Saturday attack
Kenyan policemen and soldiers taking position as
they battle Somali militants who have killed at least 68 people and
injured 175 at a Nairobi shopping center
Ordeal: People come out from hiding under a car next to bodies in a car park as police search for the armed radicals
Terrified civilians are among the fortunate who
were evacuated from a shopping mall following a terrorist attack where
at least 68 people were dead
Fleeing: A police officer holds a gun to
provide cover for customers running out of the Westgate shopping mall
following the terrorist massacre that began on Saturday around noon
(local time)
Courage under fire: Kenyan troops taking position to battle the al-Qaeda-affiliated troops in Nairobi on Saturday
A wounded soldier is removed from an ambulance
at an emergency staging area near the Kenyan mall where gunmen shot dead
at least 59 people
Bloodied: Elaine Dang (right), an American
believed to be from San Diego and working in Kenya, was injured on
Sunday. She is now recovering in hospital
A Kenyan police officer runs towards a crowd
outside the Westgate mall in Nairobi on Sunday as authorities fought to
free hostages who have now been trapped inside for more than 24 hours.
Pictured right, people walk and crawl out of the shopping center with
their hands raised following the militant attack
Anxious: Onlookers stand along the road and look
from a distance at Westgate Shopping Centre, where gunmen are holding
hostages, in Nairobi on September 22, 2013
Kenyans lie on stretchers to donate blood for
the victims of the Westgate terror attack on Sunday after the country's
president urged volunteers to come forward following the atrocity
Killed in the attack: Ruhila Adatia, who was
expecting a child, was at the Nairobi mall shopping for baby clothes
when the terrorists struck on Saturday
Tragedy: Mrs Adatia, who was expecting her first
child, was shopping for baby clothes when she was killed in the attack
by al-Shabaab terrorists
Helping hands: An injured man is carried out of the Westgate shopping center after Saturday's attack
Pools of blood everywhere: This close up shows the hand of a man killed by the gunmen
Make-shift: An injured woman is wheeled out of the shopping center in a shopping cart
An injured woman is helped to safety while authorities search for gunmen at Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya
A woman holds a baby sitting with other injured
people who are crying for help after gunmen went on a shooting spree in
the Westgate shopping centre
Injured people cry for help after gunmen went on a shooting spree in the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi
Nairobi attack: Volunteers at the Oshwal Centre,
which is serving as the casualty ward for victims of the Westgate mall
hostage situation, take cover after gunshots were heard
Memorial: A soldier from the Kenya Defence
Forces salutes while another pays his respects as they and other Kenyans
came to light candles, sing and pray,to mark one week since the
terrorist attack
Solemn: A Kenyan girl lights a candle to pay her respects to those killed in the Westgate mall massacre
Mourning: People light candles during a memorial service in front of the shopping centre
Prayer: A father lights candles with his son during the 24-hour vigil
In memory: Kenya Defense Forces soldiers pay tribute to victims of the terrorist attack
Aftermath: Kenyan security personnel direct
traffic after the main road next to the Westgate Mall was reopened, in
Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday
Protest: Somali women listen to a speaker at a
solidarity rally to denounce al Shabaab's attack of a shopping mall in
Nairobi, in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tragic: John Henry Martey Newman, chief of staff
at the Ghanaian presidency, signs the condolences book for Ghanaian
poet Kofi Awoonor, who was killed in the mall attack
Tragic scene: Alyaz Merali, an eight-year-old
Muslim boy who received two gunshot wounds during the attack, takes part
in the funeral for his mother, Selima Merali, 41, and sister Nuriana
Merali, 15, who were both killed
Frustration: Agnes Mutua (right) who waited all
day to identify her nephew who died in the attack, is told the Nairobi
mortuary will not release his body due to the police not yet allowing
for the release of bodies of victims
Watching out: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers patrol the area around Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi
With blood on her boots, a young employee of Parapet cleaning service collapses after escaping from the mall
Relatives and friends carry the coffin on Salima Ayaz Merali, who died in the shopping centre terror attack
Tragic: A cemetery worker looks on as friends
and relatives mourn during a funeral service for Selima Merali and her
daughter Nuriana Merali who were killed in the attack by gunmen at the
Westgate shopping centre
Distraught: A relative mourns during a funeral service for Selima Merali and her daughter Nuriana Merali
The grieving begins: Wreaths of flowers are for sale outside the City Mortuary where the shooting victims lie
Ramesh Vaya, right, lights the funeral pyre of
his wife Malti who was shot dead in the Westgate Mall attack - his
brother also lost his wife in the atrocity
A mother's grief: Mary Italo sobs as she mourns the death of her son Thomas in the Westgate mall
Luiz Ortiz, 33, at the Nairobi City Morgue where
his father, Juan's body lies after he was shot when he drove into the
mall parking lot early on in the siege on Saturday - Juan's daughter,
13, is recovering from gunshot wounds
Survivors: Simon Belcher was hiding under a car with his wife and
the child when the Kenyan military began returning fire on the
militants.
Niall Saville has undergone surgery after being shot
in the shoulder
Sad day: Family members mourn as they arrive
from Kenya accompanying the flag draped coffin of celebrated poet,
professor, and ambassador Kofi Awoonor, at the airport in Accra, Ghana
Mourning: Ghanaian soldiers carry the flag
draped coffin of celebrated poet, professor, and ambassador Kofi Awoonor
after his body was flown back from Kenya, at the airport in Accra,
Ghana
Son and father: Afetsi Awoonor (Son) arrives
back in Ghana accompanying the body of his father, the celebrated poet,
professor, and ambassador Kofi Awoonor at the airport in Accra,
Ghana
The celebrated poet,
professor, and ambassador Kofi Awoonor at the airport in Accra,
Ghana
Hero: Mitul Shah, 38, pictured with his daughter Sarai, aged two, was killed by terrorist at the Nairobi shopping mall
Murdered: Mitul Shah, pictured with wife Rupal
Shah and daughter Sarai, was unable to get through to the gunmen and was
shot alongside several children in the Kenyan tragedy
Tribute: Mr Shah's employer and colleagues spoke
of their grief at his loss, praising him as a 'born leader and an
inspiring soul loved by one and all¿
The collapse happened on Monday when government
troops launched a massive assault on the mall where up to 150 people are
thought to have been killed
Gloats: Members of Al Shabaab gloated as the death toll rose and mocked the Kenyan government forces trying to save hostages
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