The death toll of the attack that happened at a shopping mall in Nairobi Kenya in the early hours of yesterday has claimed 59 people.Few days to the attack, a Somali terrorist sect, Al Shabaabhad threatened to strike Westgate shopping mall, a popular shopping center for expatriates in Kenya.The gunmen opened fire on shoppers killing over 59. The initial 15 death toll reported has increased to 59.Sources and survivors of the attack said about
5 Muslim terrorists stormed the shopping mall and started shooting those they perceived to be Christians.A source who claims she came head to head with the attacker was wearing Hijab but the attacker left her and started shooting others beside her."It was a terrible scene I have ever seen in my life. I thought today will be the end of my life," said a witness.Another witness said the terrorists gathered all the hostages together and started calling out the Muslims to recite a quranic verse and anyone that couldn't recite it were either killed or pulled aside into a group.A survivor said he was shot by a man who looked Somali. Some shoppers ran up stairs in escalators and hid around the mall's cinema complex. Police found another terrified group hiding in a toilet on the first floor.At least two dozen wounded were wheeled out on stretchers and shopping trolleys.Many of the victims had multiple light wounds, apparently from flying debris. Others walked out, some with bloodied clothing wrapped around wounds.The Kenyan Red Cross said that at least 59 had been killed.Check out more photos from Nairobi Kenya shopping mall attack below:
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