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| Nairobi Westgate attack: 'British militants not involved' | Nairobi Westgate attack: 'British militants not involved' |
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| A commander with the group believed to behind the attack on a Kenyan shopping centre has told the BBC reports some of the militants were British are untrue. | |
| The Foreign Office is investigating claims after a Twitter account - purporting to be from al-Shabab - said one of the gunmen was from London. | The Foreign Office is investigating claims after a Twitter account - purporting to be from al-Shabab - said one of the gunmen was from London. |
| Sixty-eight people have been killed, including three Britons. | |
| Prime Minister David Cameron is cutting short a visit to Balmoral to chair an emergency meeting later. | Prime Minister David Cameron is cutting short a visit to Balmoral to chair an emergency meeting later. |
| Families of the victims have been informed, the Foreign Office said. | |
| Media reports suggest fugitive Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of 7 July bomber Jermaine Lindsay, was involved in the attack but the Foreign Office says it has no evidence and is unwilling to speculate. | |
| At least 170 people were also injured since the attack began in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Saturday. | |
| Between 10 and 15 attackers - thought to be militants from the Somali al-Shabab movement - are still inside the Westgate shopping centre. | |
| The al-Shabab military commander told the BBC that reports some of the attackers were from the UK or US were baseless - as were reports that women had also stormed the shopping centre. | The al-Shabab military commander told the BBC that reports some of the attackers were from the UK or US were baseless - as were reports that women had also stormed the shopping centre. |
| The Foreign Office has said it expects the number of British fatalities to rise. | The Foreign Office has said it expects the number of British fatalities to rise. |
| Mr Cameron called the attack "an absolutely sickening and despicable attack of appalling brutality". | |
| "These appalling terrorist attacks that take place where the perpetrators claim they do it in the name of a religion - they don't," he said. | |
| "They do it in the name of terror, violence and extremism and their warped view of the world. They don't represent Islam or Muslims in Britain or anywhere else in the world." | |
| The British government's emergency response committee, Cobra, has already met twice to discuss the attacks. | |
| On Monday, the prime minister tweeted: "I'm cutting short a visit to Balmoral to return to Downing St to chair Cobra late this afternoon, dealing with the Kenya terror attacks." | |
| A Cobra meeting is a get together of ministers, civil servants, the police, intelligence officers and others appropriate to whatever they are looking into. | |
| British nationals concerned about friends or family can contact the Foreign Office on +44 (0)20 7008 0000. | British nationals concerned about friends or family can contact the Foreign Office on +44 (0)20 7008 0000. |
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