Sunday 22 September 2013

UPDATE ON KENYA TERRORIST ATTACK


Security forces secure an area inside the Westgate shopping centre, Nairobi (21 September)Woman jumps down from air vent in the Westgate shopping centre, Nairobi (21 September)Woman who had been held hostage is carried out of the Westgate centre, Nairobi (21 September)Woman who had been hiding during the gun battle flees after armed police enter the Westgate centre, Nairobi (21 September)














Civilians flee the Westgate shopping centre, Nairobi (21 September)

Wounded: A security officer helps an injured woman away from the buildingRelief: A woman who had been held hostage makes it out alive from the mallFleeing: A child runs to safety across the shopping mallDevastating: Injured people receive assistance from bypassers at the scene of the shootingHunt: Armed police search customers taking cover inside a bathroom at the shopping centreSearch: Police scour the centre with guns to try and locate the terrorists still holding hostages Rescue: A woman is shipped to an ambulance in a shopping trolley by centre staffSafety: Shoppers and shop assistants raise their hands as they are escorted out by armed policeDistraught: A young girl is carried away from the scene as people search for their relativesEscape: An injured man who managed to flee the attackers is treated by paramedics outside the shopping centreEmergency: A Red Cross assistant helps a child outside who was among those caught in the shootingHostages: Police say armed men are still in the building and are holding prisoners Shock: Witnesses said a half dozen grenades went off along with volleys of gunfire that started at middayStand-off: Soldiers are still searching in and around the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi after armed men attempted to rob a shop Rescue: A woman with her two children are helped from the mall as the fighting continuesKillings: At least 15 people are believed to be dead, although police have not confirmed a death tollVictim: Rescuers attempt to evacuate a man injured in a shootoutHorror: Customers are evacuated from the shopping centre covered in bloodFamily mall: Customers who had planned a Saturday of shopping were forced to run following a shootout between unidentified armed men and the police