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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

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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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