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Kenya: 6 more gunmen killed

Kenya: 6 more gunmen killed

| | 24 Sep 2013, 06:23 am
Nairobi, Sept 24 : Security forces have killed six of the remaining attackers at Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, said reports on Tuesday.

A headline on Kenya\'s Citizen TV read: "Security forces killed six of the remaining attackers."


In another news flash, the channel said: "Government and Red Cross confirm the number of the dead from Westgate Mall attack is 62 with 175 injured."

Heavily-armed gunmen stormed into the Westgate shopping mall and threw grenades and opened fire on Saturday.

Somalia-based militant group Al Shabab, that opposes Kenya\'s participation in a peacekeeping mission in neighbouring Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the attack.