Kenya Westgate Mall shooting

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Kenya Westgate Mall shooting
Taken of and around the 2013 Westgate
shopping mall terrorist incident in Nairobi, Kenya
Onlookers near Westgate shopping mall
Taken of and around the 2013 Westgate
shopping mall incident in Nairobi, Kenya.
Smoke above Westgate mall
Official name Westgate shopping mall
attack Nairobi, Kenya
Year 2013
Date 09/21
Place Nairobi
Place Kenya
Place Africa
Story Perps/s Al Shabaab

Official summary

On Saturday, 21 September 2013, masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, including 62 civilians, five Kenyan soldiers, and four attackers. Approximately 200 people were wounded in the mass shooting.

The extremist Islamic group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, which it characterised as retribution for the Kenyan military's deployment in the group's home country of Somalia. Many media outlets also suspected the insurgent group's involvement in the attack based on earlier reprisal warnings it had issued in the wake of Operation Linda Nchi from 2011 to 2012.

Kenyan authorities arrested dozens of people in the aftermath of the attack, but had not announced any suspects directly related to the siege. On 4 November 2013, a Kenyan court charged four Somali nationals with harbouring the gunmen in their homes, with each pleading not guilty.

On 20 September 2015, Foreign Policy magazine reported the Westgate attack on 21 September lasted several hours, with the last victim killed before special Kenyan security forces entered the mall, which was also corroborated by New York City Police Department, HBO, and United States Army


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