Al-Shabab claims deadly Nairobi mall attack | The Somali group has told Al Jazeera it carried o

Al-Shabab claims deadly Nairobi mall attack | The Somali group has told Al Jazeera it carried out the deadly attack inside the Westgate shopping centre in neighbouring Kenya.

On its own Twitter account, al-Shabab, which has links to al-Qaeda, said it had “on numerous occasions warned the Kenyan government that failure to remove its forces from Somalia would have severe consequences”.

A senior Kenyan security official has put the death toll at 11. However, the Kenyan Red Cross says at least 30 people were killed and dozens injured.

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