We are now 30 hours into the siege and a large explosion has rocked 7ias Westgate Mall where on saturday, gun men stormed the center, killing shoppers and taking dozens hostage. What the is how those shoppers in the mall, 59 dead and many missing. American securities working and Andrew Simmons has more on the investigation into the attack reporter much focus now is being put on the early moments of this attack. 12 00 mid day. , gunshots, screams, grenades thrown. Yet the response was for an armed robbery. This sort of policeman was called to the scene. Not the antiterrorist squad, not any specialist forces. That didnt happen until after an hour. And so, many people, can diplomats, Security Forces and indeed the people of kenya are beginning to think mistakes were made and an inquiry is inevitable. Right now, its thought amongst the Security Services that more could have been done to contain the attack. More could have been done to prevent hostages being taken because they are confronte
Pakistan. And at least 25 people are killed because of typhoon usagi in Southern China. Kenya forces have begun the operation to free hostages being held by al shabaab fighters in the West Gate Mall. Sustained gunfire has been heard in the past few hours and the army is trying to bring about a quick end to the standoff and so far 68 people are known to have died and lets go to kathryn who is in the kenya capitol for us and the military keen to end this today. What has been going on . Yes, you are right, the military is very keen to end this today. There has been a lot of activity throughout the morning. The gunshots are silent and we have not heard anything for the past hour or so but earlier on we heard an explosion of sorts as well. We have seen military enforcement that has been brought in. We have seen a fire truck coming in and earlier we also saw a military ambulance that was taking because a soldier was injured away from here. This all shows this operation is really intensifying
For bodies and clues. How did gunmen hold a kenyan Shopping Center for four days . We have news of one of sports greatestever comebacks. We wouldnt have it any other way. They take the showdown in americas cup. Hungry, homeless, and sleeping under the open sky or in makeshift shelters two days after the powerful earthquake hit the remote southwest, thousands of victims are still waiting for help to arrive. The quake has affected an area the size of switzerland. The latest death toll stands at 348, but it is feared that that will rise. The quake flattened large swaths of the awaran district. Its the countrys poorest province and already lacks medical supplies, hospitals and other aid. Al jazeera is the only International News channel with a team in the affected area. We have this update from the epicenter of the quake. Reporter three days after a massive earthquake the province, the destruction in at least Six Districts is visible. Were here in awaran, which is the worsthit district, an
Gunmen stormed a nairobi shopping mall, according to the kenyan red cross. Saw about five men run into this upscale Shopping Center and heard grenade blast. Might be an attack by terrorists, thats a quote, no group has claimed responsibility but the Group Al Shabaab threatened to undertake an attack in nairobi. Caroline malone has more. People trying to run away from armed men inside the Westgate Mall in nairobi. They moved in via a restaurant on the ground floor. But by then there were already casualties. The Shopping Complex was packed at about midday local time when people heard a large explosion. Then they saw merch with ak men with ak 47 machine guns open fire. Some of the shoppers were able to escape and about 20 people were rescued by police. But dozens of people are thought to still be trapped inside. Hold up on the second floor. Holed up on the second floor by the cinema. They have been isolated by the police and the police are actually combing room by room, floor by floor, as
Its rescued most of the hostages at the westgate Shopping Mall in nairobi. A two day standoff that killed more than 68 and wounded more than 150. The initial attack happened saturday. The Somali Militant Group al shabaab has claimed responsibility. I have to be honest with you, we havent seen a great deal of movement within the building or on the side streets. Personnel carriers moving in and out and it has been very, very quiet from the building itself. Its very difficult to get any kind of confirmed information about whats taking place inside. But clearly the headline is the Kenyan Military believes that they have secured most of the building and released most of the hostages although again i really want to stress that this is not yet over. There are still clearly hostages in there, and there are still clearly some of the governments, some of the attackers. It is surprising i think that we dont know precise number of the government. Gunmen. And one of the things the Kenyan Security s