Survivors of the Kenyan terror attack describe how they hid as gunmen
moved from room to room, looking for hostages in the Westgate Mall.
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HEROISM AMID TERRORISM
eptember 27, 2013 -- Updated 1007 GMT (1807 HKT)
Relatives of Johnny Mutinda
Musango, 48, weep after identifying his body at the city morgue in
Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, September 24. Musango was one of the victims
of the Westgate Mall hostage siege. Kenyan security forces were still
combing the mall on the fourth day of the siege by al Qaeda-linked
terrorists.
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- A man who cast himself as a
victim of the recent attack on a Nairobi mall gave himself away as a
possible suspect when a machine-gun magazine fell out of his pocket as
he was being evacuated, a Kenyan counterterrorism source said Thursday.
Photos: Kenya mourns mall shooting victims
Kenyan mall's destroyed parking deck
eptember 27, 2013 -- Updated 1007 GMT (1807 HKT)
A man is being held at a Kenyan military hospital on suspicion of being
among those who attacked a Nairobi mall earlier this month, a Kenyan
counterterrorism source said Thursday. FULL STORY
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September 27, 2013 -- Updated 0127 GMT (0927 HKT)
Relatives of Johnny Mutinda
Musango, 48, weep after identifying his body at the city morgue in
Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, September 24. Musango was one of the victims
of the Westgate Mall hostage siege. Kenyan security forces were still
combing the mall on the fourth day of the siege by al Qaeda-linked
terrorists.
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Kenya mall attack
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: There's growing concern that some attackers escaped, U.S. officials say
- The man was injured, being evacuated from Westgate Mall when authorities were tipped off
- The Kenyan national is being held in a hospital on a military airbase, a Kenyan source says
- At least 67 are confirmed dead in the Nairobi mall attack; dozens more still unaccounted for
This Kenyan national, who
was injured in the ordeal, is currently being held in a hospital at a
military airbase, according to the source.
It was not immediately
clear if this man is one of the at least 10 individuals who Kenyan
officials have said are in custody on suspicion of taking part in the
Westgate Mall attack.
Photos: Kenya mourns mall shooting victims
Kenyan mall's destroyed parking deck
There is increasing
concern that some perpetrators escaped the mall along with fleeing
civilians, and thus remain at large, U.S. law enforcement officials say.
U.S. forensic investigators were granted access to the ravaged mall on
Thursday.
The onslaught began when
militants stormed the upscale Nairobi shopping mall on Saturday, forcing
shoppers and diners to run for their lives or scramble for safe hiding
spots. It ended on Tuesday, by which time President Uhuru Kenyatta said
authorities had overrun the gunmen and taken over the mall.
Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terrorist group with links to al Qaeda, took credit for the carnage.
In addition to five
terrorists, at least 67 people are confirmed dead in the attack.
Officials fear that number could rise -- as many as 63 people are still
unaccounted for -- as they sift through the rubble left from the
collapse of three floors of the expansive facility.
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