dad. awe. all right. that s going to do it for me. hey, martin savidge is coming up next with much more cnn newsroom, there he is. hello, martin. hello, fredricka, great to see you. great to be with all of you. all right. you re in cnn newsroom, i m martin savidge in for don lemon. and we are looking at two horrific stories in very different parts of the world. one here at home in chicago and the other overseas. there are innocent victims in both places. we begin in kenya with the act of terrorism that is still ongoing. that s where men with guns wept on a shooting rampage inside an upscale shopping mall that looks like any here in the u.s. many people are dead, many others are hurt including americans. so far police don t know for sure who did it or why. this attack happened in nairobi. and, again, it is not over yet. we are told that there are hostages. more than 30 of them.
been able to intensify or really kind of increase its presence in kenya? well, you know, al qaeda, let s take a step back here. as you mentioned, you know, al qaeda you mentioned a couple hours ago, al qaeda, of course, bombed the u.s. embassy this nairobi in 1998. al qaeda has had a presence in kenya for many, many years. al shabaab is sort of an al qaeda affiliate. it s on the kenyan border in somalia. it s very easy for them to kind of cross over. and al shabaab has only been existence as a group for three or four years now. it s an outgrowth of another al qaeda-linked group. al qaeda overall has had a presence this somalia and kenya going back to the early 90s.
peter bergen, thanks so much for your insight on this ongoing situation. again, we understand at least 30 people now killed in that shootout at this shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. and we also understand that a hostage situation continues. however, kenyan authorities say they have pinpointed the gunman in that mall and isolated them. all right. you in, in this country, after a downturn in violent deaths this year in chicago, the city has experienced for the second night at least 11 people shot. thursday 13 people were hit including a 3-year-old. deonte howard was hit by a bullet in a south side park. no one was killed in that incident, but then in the last 24 hours, five people were killed in shootings that left another six people wounded. chicago police don t think any of the shootings from overnight are connected to thursday s attack. a new health concern in
this is cnn breaking news. a day of terror for saturday shoppers including american citizens at an upscale shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. an al qaeda-linked militant group called al shabaab just claim responsibility for this attack that left 30 people ted. a hostage crisis is still active this hour. a journalist at the scene tells us 36 are still being held. a senior kenyan official says the suspected gunman is dead, and kenyan police tweeted that the attackers are now isolated and pinned down in a room. cnn also has learned this american citizens are among some 100 injured in that attack. a deputy state department spokesperson released this statement saying, quote, we condemn the senseless this senseless act of violence that has resulted in death and injury for many innocent men, women and
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