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Islamic Terrorists Inside Westgate Mall In Kenya ‘blow Themselves Up’ by sambas: 2:01pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
The Kenyan shopping mall where Islamic terrorists are holding shoppers hostage is on fire as and a fierce gun battle is underway as the special forces try to bring an end to the three day siege. Witnesses say they have heard four large explosions at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi and it is feared gunman inside may blown themselves up in a suicide bomb attack. Security forces say they have freed some but not all of the hostages. 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 69 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 Police chief David Kimaiyo said in a message on Twitter on the third day of the standoff: ‘Thumbs up to our multi-agency team, we have just managed to rescue some hostages. We’re increasingly gaining advantage of the attackers.’ Thick clouds of dense black smoke billowed from the complex after a series of loud explosions and heavy gunfire. The area around the mall was teeming with Kenyan soldiers and armoured personnel carriers, as emergency workers and reporters were told to take cover. Ambulances were also seen accelerating towards the scene as aircraft flew overhead. A Kenyan special forces officer said troops had moved in to end the siege with force. ‘I saw them only once, I could not see them much,” he said. “It was hide-and-seek, hide-and- seek, hide-and-seek. In the end we had to use full force, we had to finish with these guys.’ This morning it emerged that a British man had lost his wife and daughter in the massacre while a prize winning architect, who had joint British and Australian nationality was also among the dead. The Foreign Office confirmed today that four Britons have now been killed in the atrocity. Ross Langdon, 33, was killed alongside his heavily pregnant Dutch partner Elif Yavuz. The malaria specialist was just two weeks away from giving birth. Kenyan troops have moved in to end the siege but spokesman for terror group Al Shabaab Ali Mohamud Rage said in a statement posted on an Islamist website that those held inside will ‘bear the brunt of any force’ used by soldiers against the militants. 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’ Ross Langdon, 33, was killed alongside his heavily pregnant Dutch partner Elif Yavuz The statement read: ‘We authorise the mujahedeen inside the building to take actions against the prisoners as much as they are pressed. ‘We are telling Christians advancing onto the mujahedeen to have mercy for their prisoners who will bear the brunt of any force directed against the mujahedeen.’ The Al-Qaeda linked group claimed to be in contact with the fighters inside the mall and said the gunmen were battling both Kenyan and Israeli forces. As the stand-off entered its third day, sustained bursts of rapid gunfire erupted at dawn and lasted 15 minutes, and soldiers posted around the complex ducked for cover. This was followed by three big explosions, AFP correspondents at the scene said. [Source: DailyMail UK] |
Re: Islamic Terrorists Inside Westgate Mall In Kenya ‘blow Themselves Up’ by Orjioorji(f): 2:29pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
eeeeew religion of piss |
Re: Islamic Terrorists Inside Westgate Mall In Kenya ‘blow Themselves Up’ by Owobobrown(m): 2:35pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
split on Muhammad fucking face, if I know where this man grave is am gonna piss on it 1 Like |
Re: Islamic Terrorists Inside Westgate Mall In Kenya ‘blow Themselves Up’ by Arysexy(m): 2:45pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
@ OP, if u r watching aljazeera or BBC u wil nt update this, the smoke billowing was frm kenyan military as they tried entering frm the roof, they used tear gas on d islamist terrorist and they are running around and shooting, most of the hostages have been released, the war is now between the terrorists and d army. The army chief confirmed they have gun down 2 of the terrorists while 10 kenyan soldiers have been wounded. I think kenya has done well to manage and reduce d casualty figure on the side of the army and hostages. definitely they are going to smoke out d animals and send them to dia 72 virgins in hell. |
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