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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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Agun battle inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has left at least 22 people dead and more than 50 injured, according to the Kenyan Red Cross.
The Kenyan interior ministry said 11 people had been killed in the attack, and 25 were injured.
Kenyan troops and elite units have joined police fighting gunmen in Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre, one of the city’s most exclusive.
One witness who spoke to Al Jazeera from inside the mall said the centre was busy with Saturday afternoon shoppers when gunfire erupted in what was initially believed to be an armed robbery.
Another witness said the attackers just opened fire, executing people after they threw grenades into the building at about midday local time (09:00 GMT).
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