Published September 23, 2013 •
Updated on September 23, 2013 at 4:41 pm
A Silver Spring, Md. woman hid inside a stairwell a Nairobi mall during a deadly shooting this weekend, according to Canada Broadcasting Corporation.
At least 62 people have died and as many as 175 have been wounded in Kenya s capital since Saturday. A hostage standoff continued into Monday as more gunshots rang out, and terrorist group al-Shabab has been connected to the attack, which targeted non-Muslims.
The CBC spoke with Sara Head, a Silver Spring woman who works in Fairfax County. In a Skype interview, she said she had just parked inside a garage when one of her colleagues heard gunfire and took cover under cars. Head told the CBC she and the group she was with then fled to a nearby stairwell thinking they would be able to get out, but were instead trapped for more than an hour upon hearing more gunfire.