Gunmen in Nairobi have opened fire inside one of the Kenyan city's smartest shopping centers in an apparent terror attack, with reports of up to 10 killed and dozens wounded, SIA reports quoting The Telegraph.
The shooting began at the Westgate Shopping Mall at around lunchtime, and it was not immediately clear who was involved. The gunmen were thought to have taken people hostage.
Armed robberies in Kenya's capital are far from uncommon, but the country is also a target for attacks from Islamist terrorists crossing over from Somalia.
"I saw three of the attackers dressed in black and with covered faces and they were carrying heavy rifles," said a witness and survivor who identified herself as Annette.
"They don't seem like thugs, this is not a robbery incident," said Yukeh Mannasseh who was on the mall's top floor when the shooting started. "It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately."
A young boy was lying on the ground by the supermarket. At least nine people were being carried out of the building with wounds to their legs, feet or arms. Two others were wheeled unconscious from the scene in shopping trolleys.
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