Westgate shopping mall attack: What happened 10 years ago in Kenya? BBC Africa
Ten years ago, members of the Somalia based Islamist group Al-Shabaab attacked a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The ordeal left 67 people dead. It lasted for a tense four days. A thunderous explosion signalled the end of the siege leaving the attackers dead in the rubble.
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Edited by Anne Okumu
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Additional editing by Jenna Abaakouk
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