mogadishu. they have not gone away. it is not just this attack which is ongoing. i am told they are launched some attacks inside somalia. reporter: when we were there was during the famine. that was a turning time within the support they were getting within the local communities. it was after that, we saw the kenyans go in and they issue pushed out of the capital and urban centers. back in may when i was there, we were in this amazing period of renewal. that somalia might be coming into some sort of stability. in more recent days and weeks, a sense that al shabaab has been regrouping and they are receiving new injections of finance. you get a sense that the global
for an interview on wednesday. on thursday, my interview with chelsea clinton. that s all for us tonight. ac360 later starts right now.. at this hour the deadly standoff continues. it has now been four days since people shopping, eating and spending time with their families in an upscale mall in kenya walked into violence. the situation is unresolved and reports about who was in control of the west gate shopping mall in nairobi and how many hostages remain alive inside. some reports saying that all the hostages have been released and according to the red cross, 65 people are still unaccounted for. they revised the death toll down to 62. some victims were miscounted. the details have been and remain fluid with each day and every hour new details are surfacing and tonight we have a much clearer picture of how the attack unfolded over the weekend.
hour new details are surfacing and tonight we have a much clearer picture of how the attack unfolded over the weekend. saturday afternoon, shots and explosions are heard in the busy upscale shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. they are want aredly being held at siege. they are held by gunmen and reports indicate that several people have been shot. witnesses say an unknown number of gunmen burst into the mall. firing shots at the ceiling and tossing grenades. panicked shoppers assume it s a robbery, but eyewitnesss say the gunmen tell all muslims to leave. according to some reports, asking the name of the prophet mohamed s mother to prove their faith before they exit. that would leave the non-muslims as targets. within the west gate having taken control of the mall.
and there was a second explosion which knocked us on the ground. reporter: as the kenyan military takes control over more of the building, survivors start to come out. you re fine. reporter: late saturday afternoon, the terrorist group, al-shabaab, comes forward, complaining responsibility for the attack in a series of tweets, also indicating one or more of the gunmen may be american. sunday, and the siege continues. by mid-day, the kenyan government announces 59 are dead, more than 175 wounded. among them, 26-year-old american elaine dane, who spoke by phone. i am okay. reporter: the gunmen are still inside the mall, still holding hostages. by monday, day three of the standoff, the kenyan government says the forces have taken control over most of the building. the process, the recruiting
incredibly scary stuff, let us know what you think, you can follow me @andersoncooper. more ahead, the seasoned reporter just happened to be nearby when the attack began. he ran into the mall and did what he was trained to do. he got some of the most dramatic ima images. i ll talk to him ahead on the graphic images. also coming up, the family and talso, the dash cam video, and the police car. they are calling it an execution, the florida medical examiner is calling it something else entirely. that is ahead. [ male announcer ] introducing new fast acting advil. with an ultra-thin coating and fast absorbing advil ion core™ technology, it stops pain before it gets worse. nothing works faster. new fast acting advil. look for it in the white box.