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Witness History: Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

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Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

21/09/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi

A group of gunmen from a Somali Islamist group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in 2013, taking hundreds of people hostage.

In 2013, gunmen from a Somali Islamist group known as Al-Shabab attacked a shopping centre in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. 

They took hundreds of people hostage during the siege which lasted four days. More than 60 people were killed, with many more injured. 

In 2021, Rebecca Kesby spoke to Daniel Ouma who was a paramedic on duty at the time.

(Photo: A Kenyan police officer deployed near the Westgate mall. Credit: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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