Nairobi Terror Attack: Westgate Shopping Mall Day Three

UPDATE:
 15:05 (EAT): KDF is fully in charge of all the floors of the Westgate Mall, two terrorists dead, ten KDF officers injured

Tuesday -00:10: 
- Military report states that they are in full controll of the mall and have neutralized the remaining 6 militants 

- Interior Ministry reports Kenyan soldiers are now combing the mall floor by floor and that all hostages have been rescued
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KiN Newsroom
Sixty-nine people have reportedly lost their lives and over 175 injured following the Saturday mid morning terrorist attack in Nairobi.

An explosion, heavy bursts of fire and gunfire have been reported at the Westgate shopping mall this Monday morning. The 10-15 assailants are believed to be holding an unknown number of hostages. A united Kenya Defence Force (KDF) are working round the clock with the operation which has now entered a very critical point but which they say is soon being conluded.

The militants now believed to be from the Somali al-Shabaab group are still holed up at the mall where KDF have reported that "all efforts are under way to bring this matter to a speedy conclusion."

According to Defence spokesman Col Cysrus Oguna, only a small number of hostages were still being held at the mall. The civilians are either taken hostage or are hiding in the building for their safety as they wait for the rescue team.

Fire reportedly set on by the assailants at the Nakumatt store, Westgate Mall

As at the time of going to press, the following number of foreign nationals were reported to have died following the siege:

INDIA: 2 killed
BRITAIN: 2 killed
FRANCE: 2 women killed
SOUTH AFRICA: 1 killed
CANADA: 2 killed including a diplomat
GHANA: 1 killed
THE NETHERLANDS: 1 killed
CHINA: 1 woman killed
UNITED STATES: 1 killed

Westgate terror attack information phone numbers:  (+254)  0722444110 (IGP David Kimaiyo), 0714563335, Police HQ 0202724154/310225, 0203556780, 02023532198, 0202724154, 020355771.