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| Gun battle inside Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre | |
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| Gunmen have opened fire inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. | |
| Armed police are exchanging fire with gunmen at the Westgate centre in the Westlands district - one of the city's most exclusive shopping malls. | |
| Nairobi police chief Benson Kibue told AP news agency that the gunmen were trying to rob a shop within the mall when the shootout began. | |
| Dozens of shoppers fled the building. At least four people are wounded. | |
| The Reuters news agency reports one witness as saying they have seen five bodies.Gun battle at Kenya shopping centre | |
| Dutch embassy employee Rob Vandijk told AP that he had been eating at a restaurant in the centre when gunmen threw hand grenades inside the building. | |
| He said machine-gun fire then rang out, and people dropped to the ground. | |
| The incident started at about midday local time (09:00 GMT). Police arrived about a half an hour afterwards, witnesses told AP. | |
| Cars were left abandoned outside the building after the attack began. | |
| Armed police took cover behind vehicles outside. "We have officers at the scene trying to get out the group shooting inside," a police official told AFP news agency. | |
| "Officers are approaching the situation with caution because there are innocent civilians inside," he said. | |
| There are fears that there may be some hostages, the NTV channel reports. | |
| The Westgate centre is often frequented by wealthy Kenyans and expatriates. Police have urged residents to stay away from the area. |