Kenyan troops launch 'major' assault on Nairobi mall

[FarCenter]

Kenyan troops have launched a "major" assault on al Shabaab militants holding hostages inside a Nairobi shopping mall in an effort to bring an end to a deadly siege that has so far claimed 68 lives, the government crisis team said Sunday.

"Godspeed to our guys in the Westgate building. Major engagement ongoing," Kenya's National Disaster Operation Centre said in a message on Twitter.

"This will end tonight," the operation centre tweeted. "Our forces will prevail. Kenyans are standing firm against aggression, and we will win."

The announcement came hours after a large explosion was reported at the besieged shopping centre.

The Red Cross said on Sunday that the death toll in the unrest had risen to 68, with police saying that number was likely to increase as more dead had been seen inside the building. At least 175 people were injured in the attack.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130922-kenyan-troops-launch-major-assault-nairobi-mall-westgate

[malaise]

1. Well the attackers should certainly be running out of ammo by now

Good riddance

[Warpy]

4. I hope a few of them survive

and spend the next ten years having their brains (such as they are) picked by experts from every threatened country on the planet.

This is the worst bunch out there because they have absolutely nothing to lose.

[applegrove]

2. Vibes

[Jefferson23]

3. Horrifying...hoping for an end soon. n/t