In Pictures: Mass Shooting at a Nairobi Mall
Updated: September 21, 2013, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Mass Shooting at a Nairobi Mall
A journalist carries a woman injured during an attack at the upscale Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
A woman hid in an air vent during the attack. AFP
A police officer tries to secure an area inside the Westgate mall where Al Shabab gunmen went on a shooting spree. Siegfried Modola / Reuters
At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded during the brazen attack that began just after noon. Sayyid Azim / AP Photo
The Red Cross said at least 60 people were wounded in the attack. Simon Maina / AFP
A Nairobi hospital was so overwhelmed with the number of wounded being brought in hours after the attack, they had to divert them to a second facility. Sayyid Azim / AP Photo
A shop manager who managed to escape said at one point “it seemed that the shooters had taken control of all the mall”. Noor Khamis / Reuters
Police search people in a bathroom during the attack. The gunmen carried AK-47s and wore vests with hand grenades on them, said Manish Turohit, 18, who hid in a parking garage for two hours. “They just came in and threw a grenade. We were running and they opened fire.” Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
A police helicopter hovers over the Westgate mall in search of suspects. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
Security officers keep a crowd under control outside the Westgate mall. A witness said that gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave and that non-Muslims would be targeted. Initial police reports had described the incident as a botched robbery. Jason Straziuso / AP Photo