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| Gunmen attack Kenyan shopping centre leaving at least five people dead | Gunmen attack Kenyan shopping centre leaving at least five people dead |
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| At least five people have been killed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after gunmen opened fire and threw grenades in an expensive shopping centre. | At least five people have been killed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after gunmen opened fire and threw grenades in an expensive shopping centre. |
| The Nairobi police chief, Benson Kibue, said officers were engaged in a shootout with the attackers. He said the men had been trying to rob a shop within the centre. | The Nairobi police chief, Benson Kibue, said officers were engaged in a shootout with the attackers. He said the men had been trying to rob a shop within the centre. |
| Armed police arrived nearly half an hour after the attacks began and engaged the gunmen in a shootout. Officers shouted: "Get out, get out", and scores of shoppers fled the building. At least half a dozen were bloodied and helped by first-aiders. | |
| Security guards used shopping trollies to wheel out several wounded children and at least one man. | |
| Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant in the shopping centre when attackers lobbed grenades inside the building. He said gunfire then burst out and people screamed as they dropped to the ground. | Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant in the shopping centre when attackers lobbed grenades inside the building. He said gunfire then burst out and people screamed as they dropped to the ground. |
| Cars were left abandoned outside the centre after the attack started around midday on Saturday. | Cars were left abandoned outside the centre after the attack started around midday on Saturday. |
| Other witnesses said they had seen about five armed assailants storm the Westgate shopping centre and that the incident appeared to be an attack rather than an armed robbery. | Other witnesses said they had seen about five armed assailants storm the Westgate shopping centre and that the incident appeared to be an attack rather than an armed robbery. |
| "They don't seem like thugs. This is not a robbery incident," Yukeh Mannasseh told Reuters. "It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately." | "They don't seem like thugs. This is not a robbery incident," Yukeh Mannasseh told Reuters. "It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately." |
| The centre is situated in Nairobi's affluent Westlands area and is frequented by expatriates and rich Kenyans. | The centre is situated in Nairobi's affluent Westlands area and is frequented by expatriates and rich Kenyans. |
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