Thick smoke billowing from the Westgate Mall after a huge explosion on
September 23,2013. Al-Shabaab rebels have threatened more attacks
against Kenya September 27, 2013, taking to Twitter to mock the country
after Islamist gunmen attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing at least
67 people. WILLIAM OERI
NAIROBI
Somalia's
Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab rebels have threatened more attacks against
Kenya, taking to Twitter to mock the country after Islamist gunmen
attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing at least 67 people.
"The
mesmeric performance by the Westgate Warriors was undoubtedly gripping,
but despair not folks, that was just the premiere of Act 1," the group
said in one of a string of messages posted on Twitter overnight.
The
al-Shabaab has said it was responsible for the assault on Westgate,
which saw a group of gunmen walk into the part Israeli-owned mall at
midday Saturday and gun down shoppers and staff.
Another
message said it had been "a great pleasure to have had you completely
enthralled for more than 100 hours. What a wonderful audience you've
been!".
It also boasted that the "Kenyan government is
still in disarray", saying it "won't be until several months when it
fully comprehends exactly what took place at Westgate".
Al-Shabaab chief Ahmed Abdi Godane said the Nairobi mall carnage was retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia.
Kenya
invaded southern Somalia to attack al-Shabaab bases two years ago, and
later joined the 17,700-strong African Union force deployed there.
SOURCE: DAILY NATION
SOURCE: DAILY NATION
