At least 30 are dead. Al shabaab is claiming responsibility for the attack. The armed group is saying more attacks are to come. According to the u. S. State department, americans are among the injured. Al shabaab has attacked kenya in the past. The attacks are seen as retaliation for the role kenyan forces are playing in somalia to help fight the shabaab. Andrew simons has more reporter people taking coffee when al shabaab stalked. A market packed with weekend shoppers when they were attacked. This was nairobiss most prestigious Shopping Mall. They tried to evacuate the building. Most of those getting out were traumatized. I went up to them. Some police, it was very bad reporter if got worse. What was going on inside was carnage. A gun battle with police and soldiers. Anyone with any medical skill tried to help. The gunfire continued. The number of casualties steadily grew. At first, the police thought this was an armed robbery. But ne gradually realized it was an attack with indisrimi
Pakistan has released one of the founding members of the taliban. He had been in prison in pakistan for for past three years. He was the talibans second in demand afghanistan. During this time he became close fence to the groups spiritual leader. In 2010 he was arrested in karachi during a joint cia operation. Lets hear from a correspondent who is in islamabad. How important is his release . Reporter the release is extremely important because this has come at the request of a Afghan Governments request. They came to have him released from pakistani custody. The council also welcoming the novembethemove. The afghan says he may be able to influence the taliban. Interesting, earlier, the Afghan Government is said to be in secret talks and was considered and therefore also until favor of the peace talks. But after, they saw a major setback. The release came in a time when they try to reach some sort of a political settlement it ice not clear if he will stay in pakistan even though he will