Siege:
Kenya security personnel take cover outside the Westgate Mall after
shooting started inside the mall early Monday morning, Sept. 23, 2013
Assault:
Kenya Security personnel take cover outside the Westgate Mall after
firing started inside the mall early Monday morning - Kenya's military
launched a major operation at the upscale Nairobi mall and said it had
rescued "most" of the hostages
Ongoing Military Operation: Kenya security personnel take cover outside the Westgate Mall
Waiting
and Watching: Onlookers gather on a hill to observe the Westgate Mall
after a bout of heavy gunfire just after dawn in Nairobi, Kenya Monday,
Sept. 23, 2013
Standoff:
A Kenyan police officer (L) and a Kenya Defense Forces soldier (R)
prepare for an incoming fire at the Oshwal Centre adjacent to the
Westgate shopping mall where the hostage situation continues in Nairobi,
Kenya on early Monday morning
Patience:
Members of Kenya's security forces man a checkpoint outside the
Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya early Monday, Sept. 23, 2013
Kenyan
policemen gather for a briefing near the Westgate Shopping Centre in the
capital Nairobi, September 23, 2013. Heavy and sustained gunfire was
heard from the Kenyan shopping mall on Monday morning
A truck
of security forces arrives at the Westgate Mall after a bout of heavy
gunfire just after dawn in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
Kenyan
paramilitary officers walk towards a small shopping arcade adjacent to
the Westgate shopping mall where the hostage situation continues in
Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday
Rescue mission: An image from AFP TV shows military forces taking position inside the shopping mall
Kenyan
police officers take cover to prepare for the incoming fire at the
Oshwal Centre adjacent to the Westgate shopping mall where the hostage
situation continues in Nairobi, Kenya, in the early hours of 23
September 2013
Assault: A
Large number of troops from the kenya defence force arrived to
strengthen the already formidable numbers of troops available as a
Kenyan army helicopter flies low near the Westgate mall in Nairobi on
Sunday
Tense:
Kenyan paramilitary officers walk towards a small shopping arcade
adjacent to the Westgate shopping mall where the fate of the hostages
remained unclear on Monday morning
Armed
response: Kenyan troops with machine guns take up position in the mall.
The terrorist group al Shabaab demanded that Kenyan troops leave Somalia
where they have pushed the militants on to the defensive in the past
two years as part of an African Union-backed peacekeeping mission
Fleeing to safety: A soldier directs people up stairs inside the Westgate shopping mall after a shootout in Nairobi, Kenya
Laying
siege: Armed police crouch down and take position during a gun battle
with Islamic terrorists at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on
Saturday
Lock-down: Kenya security personnel walk to their positions outside the shopping mall as the siege continued yesterday
An
injured person arrives in an ambulance at the Aga Khan Hospital
following an attack at the Westgate Mall where gunmen opened fire and
threw grenades in Kenya. Pictured right, relatives help a woman at the
Nairobi City Mortuary after she identified the body of a victim of the
Saturday attack
Army:
Soldiers were drafted in to help police tackle the gunmen - terrorists
from the Somali al-Shabaab organisation, which has links to al-Qaeda
Kenyan
policemen and soldiers taking position as they battle Somali militants
who have killed at least 68 people and injured 175 at a Nairobi shopping
center
A Kenyan
soldier holding a dog by its leash enters the main gate of Westgate
Shopping Center as the military tried to overpower the terrorists on
Sunday
Escape:
Women carrying children run for safety after al Shabaab terrorists
stormed Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya armed with guns and
grenades
Ordeal: People come out from hiding under a car next to bodies in a car park as police search for the armed radicals
Escape: This family, who had been trapped inside the shopping centre, support each other as they escape from the scene
Terrified
civilians are among the fortunate who were evacuated from a shopping
mall following a terrorist attack where at least 68 people were dead
Fleeing: A
police officer holds a gun to provide cover for customers running out
of the Westgate shopping mall following the terrorist massacre that
began on Saturday around noon (local time)
Courage under fire: Kenyan troops taking position to battle the al-Qaeda-affiliated troops in Nairobi on Saturday
A wounded
soldier is removed from an ambulance at an emergency staging area near
the Kenyan mall where gunmen shot dead at least 59 people
Bloodied:
Elaine Dang (right), an American believed to be from San Diego and
working in Kenya, was injured on Sunday. She is now recovering in
hospital
A Kenyan
police officer runs towards a crowd outside the Westgate mall in Nairobi
on Sunday as authorities fought to free hostages who have now been
trapped inside for more than 24 hours. Pictured right, people walk and
crawl out of the shopping center with their hands raised following the
militant attack
Anxious:
Onlookers stand along the road and look from a distance at Westgate
Shopping Centre, where gunmen are holding hostages, in Nairobi on
September 22, 2013
Saved: A woman sobs as she is brought out of the shopping center in a cart after terrorists launched an attack on Saturday
Rescue:
Armed police guide a woman carrying a child to safety at Westgate
Shopping Centre in Nairobi after terrorists stormed the building
Kenyans
lie on stretchers to donate blood for the victims of the Westgate terror
attack on Sunday after the country's president urged volunteers to come
forward following the atrocity
Carried
to safety: A policeman carries a baby along with his machine gun (left)
while a Red Cross worker holds a screaming child after masked gunmen
stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed bullets on shoppers
Staging:
Kenya Defense Forces soldiers prepare for the final push to rescue the
hostages and neutralize the gunmen on Sunday in what was being described
as a 'delicate' situation
Emotional:
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (center) makes a statement to the
nation following the overwhelming numbers of casualties from the
Westgate mall terror attack. Kenyatta said his nephew and his fiancée
were among the 59 dead
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