Westgate shopping mall attack
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title:
Westgate shopping mall attack
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On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket 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 all four gunmen. Approximately 200 people were wounded in the massacre. The militant Islamist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the inciden
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2013 terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya, by al-Shabaab
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack
date created:
2013-09-21T13:00:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T19:33:13Z
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