Death toll in Kenyan mall terrorism attack now 59, siege continues, hostages held

[cali]

Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from the upscale Kenyan mall where there is a hostage standoff with Islamic extremists nearly 24 hours after they attacked using grenades and assault rifles.

Two wounded Kenyan security forces were carried out of the Westgate shopping mall after a sustained volley of gunfire that may have included grenade blasts.

Kenyan authorities said the militants held an unknown number of hostages in the shopping center located in the Westlands area of Nairobi, after killing at least 59 on Saturday. The attack is believed to be orchestrated by extremists against non-Muslim Kenyans and Westerners in the area.

At least 150 were also injured, says Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who also reported the current death toll. He said he lost some family members in the attack

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/22/kenya-mall-shooting-al-shabab/2848905/

[Cleita]

1. Not only are we exporting our American style malls, but our violence too. n/t

[Recursion]

2. 9/10ths of the US doesn't even know we've been fighting a proxy war in the Horn for years

Sigh