Its rescued most of the hostages at the westgate Shopping Mall in nairobi. A two day standoff that killed more than 68 and wounded more than 150. The initial attack happened saturday. The Somali Militant Group al shabaab has claimed responsibility. I have to be honest with you, we havent seen a great deal of movement within the building or on the side streets. Personnel carriers moving in and out and it has been very, very quiet from the building itself. Its very difficult to get any kind of confirmed information about whats taking place inside. But clearly the headline is the Kenyan Military believes that they have secured most of the building and released most of the hostages although again i really want to stress that this is not yet over. There are still clearly hostages in there, and there are still clearly some of the governments, some of the attackers. It is surprising i think that we dont know precise number of the government. Gunmen. And one of the things the Kenyan Security s
Typhoon usagi slammed into Southern China. And first there was hollywood and dolly wood and china is getting some show business glitz. There is an increase in military activity outside the Shopping Mall in kenya where al shabaab fighters have taken hostages and fire fire is heard in nie robe by and the army is trying to bring about the quick end to the standoff. So far the 68 people are known to have died. Meanwhile alshabab is threatening to kill people if something is not done and tell us what you have been seeing and hearing. A lot of activity has been going on throughout the morning. We have been hearing heavy gunfire. And right now is silence. What is happening is there is a lot of military helicopters hovering around and some activity and we show a lot of military personnel moving around that area of about 200 meters behind me where [gunshots] those are more shots we are hearing and there has been gunfire in the last hours at intervals and we just heard some of the gunshots which
Weapons. Four years after the end of a civil war. I am Gillian Mcdonald from london, final pitches during the final count down, germanys rival leaders fight for every vote ahead of sundays election. We begin in nairobi where a brazen attack on an upscale shopping sent never the cal top is still ongoing after more than seven hours, al shabab fighters have told al jazerra they are behind the siege on the west gate shopping center. Gunmen carrying explosives stormed the mall early saturday afternoon and at least 30 people have been killed. Caroline malone has more. Reporter people trying to runaway from a group inside nigh robe i police are inside the mall trying to secure the area. They moved in via a restaurant on the ground floor. But by then there were already casualties. The Shopping Complex was packed at about midday local time which people heard a large explosion. Then they say people with ak47 machine guns open fire. Some of the shoppers were ale to escape and 20 people were rescu
Church in northern pakistan at least 78 are dead. Well have the latest on the progress on typhoon usagi as it bears down on southern china. Hello. In the last few hours there has been increased military activity at a Shopping Center near kenya. Its been more than 30 hours since attackers claiming to be from alshabab stormed the westgate mall. 59 have been killed and dozens of hostages are thought to be inside. Military reinforcements are sent in. They say their priority is to rescue the civilians still inside the mall. The attackers have several hostages. President uhuru kenyetta and his political opponents the former Prime Minister raila odinga and others addressed the nation and called for calm. They asked the International Community not to issue travel warnings for kenya, and had their own warning for the attackers in the mall. They shall not get away with their despicable and beastly acts. The cowardly perpetrators now cornered in the building, we will punish the master minds swift
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