2. Westgate mall massacre: Goran Tomasevic
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Photographer Goran
Tomasevic went inside Nairobi's Westgate shopping
center as gunmen from Somalia's al Shabaab group
killed dozens of mall goers. Read Goran's personal
account of what he witnessed .
* Source : www.reuters.com
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3. People scramble for safety as armed police
hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree
at Westgate shopping centrer in Nairobi,
September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
Sep 21
2013
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4. Armed police search through Westgate shopping
center for gunmen in Nairobi, September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Sep 21
2013
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5. Women carrying children run for safety as armed police hunt gunmen
who went on a shooting spree in Westgate shopping center in Nairobi
September 21, 2013.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Sep 21
2013
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6. An injured policeman holds on to his wound as his
compatriot searches through the Westgate
shopping center for gunmen in Nairobi, September
21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Sep 21
2013
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7. A soldier carries a child to safety as armed police hunt
gunmen who went on a shooting spree at Westgate
shopping center in Nairobi, September 21,
2013.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Sep 21
2013
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8. Soldiers and armed police hunt gunmen who went on a
shooting spree in Westgate shopping center in Nairobi
September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Sep 21
2013
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9. An armed policeman stands next to the body of a
woman at Westgate shopping center in Nairobi
September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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10. Armed police guide a woman carrying a child to safety as they
hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree at Westgate
shopping center in Nairobi, September 21, 2013.REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic Click to continue
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11. A soldier walks past a body as people hug each
other leaving Westgate shopping center, after
gunmen went on a shooting spree, in Nairobi
September 21, 2013.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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12. Shoppers and shop assistants raise their hands as they
are escorted to safety while armed police hunt gunmen
who went on a shooting spree in Westgate shopping
center in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic Click to continue
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13. Armed police search through Westgate shopping center for
gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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14. Armed police search customers taking cover
inside a bathroom while combing through the
Westgate shopping center for gunmen in
Nairobi, September 21, 2013.REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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15. Armed police search Westgate shopping
center in Nairobi, September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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16. Injured people cry for help after gunmen went
on a shooting spree in the Westgate shopping
center in Nairobi, September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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17. Injured people cry for help after gunmen went on
a shooting spree in Westgate shopping center in
Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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18. A woman holds a baby sitting with other injured people who
are crying for help after gunmen went on a shooting spree in
the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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19. Bodies are seen after a shooting spree
at Westgate shopping center in Nairobi,
September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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20. People (top) crawl past the body of a man as
they try to escape while police search through
the Westgate shopping center for gunmen in
Nairobi, September 21, 2013.REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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21. A woman walks past the body of a man as she escapes
Westgate shopping center in Nairobi September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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22. Security forces push an injured person in a shopping
trolley past the body of a man from the Westgate
shopping center as police search for gunmen in
Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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23. Terrified children wait by the body of a man after escaping
from the Westgate shopping center as police search for
gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013.REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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24. Armed police approach the entrance of
Westgate shopping center, past a body, in
Nairobi September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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25. Police take cover outside Westgate
shopping center where gunmen went on a
shooting spree in Nairobi September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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26. People come out from hiding under a car next to
bodies in a car park as police search for gunmen in
Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, September 21,
2013.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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27. A wounded man sits screaming in shock at a
parking lot of Westgate shopping center in
Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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28. Dead bodies lie at Westgate shopping center, as
armed police hunt gunmen who went on a
shooting spree in Nairobi, September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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29. Emergency services
carry a woman to an
ambulance in the car
park as police search
through the Westgate
shopping center for
gunmen in Nairobi,
September 21,
2013.REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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30. A wounded woman lies on the ground at
Westgate shopping center after gunmen
stormed the compound in Nairobi
September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
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31. Policemen search a man for
weapons as he walked out of
Westgate shopping center in
Nairobi September 21,
2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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32. Islamist militants ambushed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on
Saturday killing more than 50 people and terrorizing the city. The
siege was still taking place on Monday, as Kenyan forces tried to
drive the militants out of the Westgate mall and save remaining
hostages. Somalia's Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the
deadliest attack in Kenya since 1998. -Leanne Burden Seidel
* Source : www.boston.com
Massacre at a Nairobi mall
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33. A child ran to safety as police hunt armed gunmen went on a shooting period at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21. Gunmen stormed into a shopping mall in Nairobi on
September 21 killed at least 20 people in what the government says Kenya may be a terrorist attack, and sent to flee into the stores, movie theaters and on the streets to look for the
safe. Firearms sporadic explosions could be heard hours after the attack began as soldiers surrounded the shopping center and police and soldiers combed the building, hunting stores
attacks store. A Some local television stations reported the news has been made, but there is no official confirmation.(Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)
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34. A woman who helped the Westgate Shopping
Center. At least 68 people were killed on
September 21 in Nairobi, Kenya. (Tyler Hicks / The
New York Times) #
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35. Police and army swept through the shopping center to pursue
the attackers and to help people escape safely in the Westgate
Shopping Center in Nairobi on 21.(Tyler Hicks / The New York
Times) #
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36. Plainclothes officers search the Westgate
Shopping Center on September 21. troops
and police swept through the shopping
center to pursue the attackers and to help
people escape safely. (Tyler Hicks / The
New York Times) #
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37. A body of a man lying on the ground as armed
police tried to get entry to the Westgate
Shopping Center after masked gunmen stormed a
luxury shopping center and guns spray on
shoppers and staff, killing at least six in Nairobi
on September 21. Gunmen have made at least
seven hostages, police and security guards told
an AFP reporter at the scene . (Simon Maina /
AFP / Getty Images) #
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38. Security forces searching floor by floor for the gunmen on September
21. troops and police swept through the shopping center to pursue the
attackers and to help people escape safely. (Tyler Hicks / The New York
Times) #
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39. Buyers trying to flee from the attack at Westgate Shopping Center in
Nairobi, September 21. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) #
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40. Security forces work quickly to get
people out of the mall and find
the warriors on 21. (Tyler Hicks /
The New York Times) #
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41. Bodies of people lying on the floor of the
Westgate Shopping Center as police hunt
armed gunmen went on a shooting period in
Nairobi September 21. Gunmen attacked in
shopping center Nairobi killed at least 20
people in what the government says Kenya
may be a terrorist attack, and sent to flee into
the stores, movie theaters and on the streets
in search of safety. Sporadic gunfire could be
heard hours after the attack began as soldiers
surrounded the shopping center and the
police and soldiers combed the building,
hunting stores attacking shops. Several TV
stations Local news hostages had been done,
but there is no official confirmation.(Goran
Tomasevic / Reuters) #
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42. Police officers and soldiers swept floors at Westgate
Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on September 21 after gunmen
opened fire. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times)#
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43. A woman protects children from the attackers by
hiding behind a counter. Gunmen entered the
senior Westgate Mall in Nairobi September 21,
killing and injuring civilians. (Tyler Hicks / The New
York Times) #
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44. Kenyan soldiers and police poured in shopping centers, trying to
isolate the militants and protect shoppers and workers on
September 21 after gunmen entered and killed dozens at Mall
Westgate shopping. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) #
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45. A woman jumped from the vent of a restaurant where she
had been hiding in the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on
September 21. troops and police swept through the
shopping center to pursue the attackers work and to help
people escape safely. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) #
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46. A woman is transported to safety after gunmen entered the Westgate
Mall in Nairobi Senior on 21, killing and injuring civilians. (Tyler Hicks
/ The New York Times) #
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47. Evacuees Westgate Mall to escape violence in
the siege on 21. (Tyler Hicks / The New York
Times) #
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48. A Kenyan woman is helped to
safety after masked gunmen
stormed a luxury shopping
mall and sprayed gunfire on
shoppers and staff in Nairobi
on September 21. (Simon
Maina / AFP / Getty
Images) #
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49. An injured man, rumored to be a suspect, is driven away in an ambulance with a police
escort on 21, after a security operation in a luxury shopping mall in Nairobi, where
suspected terrorists involved in Kenya's security forces in a gun battle draws. Around 20
people were killed and about 50 injured in the September 21 attacks by gunmen initially
Cross Kenya Red said. (Tony Karumba / AFP / Getty Images) #
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50. He escaped from the massacre said the attackers were
holding hostages at gunpoint. (Tyler Hicks / The New York
Times) #
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51. A woman (C), who had been held hostage in the shocked reaction on September 21 after being released following a security operation
in a luxury shopping mall in Nairobi, where terror suspects father engaged in Kenya security forces in a gun battle dragged out. Around
20 people were killed and about 50 wounded in Saturday's attack initially gunmen Kenya Red Cross said. (Tony Karumba / AFP / Getty
Images) #
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52. A woman who had been taken hostage in shock made by rescue workers on 21, after being released following a security operation in a luxury
shopping mall in Nairobi, where suspects terrorists involved in Kenya's security forces in a gun battle dragged out. (Tony Karumba / AFP / Getty
Images) #
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53. An injured woman react at Westgate Shopping
Center in Nairobi. Gunmen attacked rebels on
the mall in Nairobi on September 21 killed at
least 39 people, including children, and
sending ran into the stores, movie theaters
and on the streets in search of safety. Kenyan
security forces are still locked in a stalemate
on Sunday, with the Qaeda affiliate, who held
an unknown number of the hostages. (Goran
Tomasevic / Reuters) #
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54. Kenya waiting to donate blood for the victims from the September 21 terrorist attack on a shopping center, at Uhuru Park in Nairobi,
Kenya on 23. held hostage by terrorists al- Qaeda link in the shopping center has not been released despite earlier claims of the military
that "most" were rescued, one related to the situation told the Associated Press on January 23. ( Khalil Senosi / AP) #
Sep 21
2013
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55. A man (C) is helped out of Westgate Shopping Centre where gunmen went on a shooting
spree, in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
Construction workers run following a shootout between unidentified armed men and
the police at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
Dead bodies lay covered on the ground at a parking lot after gunmen stormed the
Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
A journalist rescues a woman injured in a shootout between armed men and the police
at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Nairobi mall massacre
Sep 21
2013
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56. People run for cover as the stand-off continues into the night at Westgate Shopping
Centre in Nairobi, September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
A Kenyan army soldier takes
cover behind a wall at Westgate
Shopping Centre in Nairobi
September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
A police officer tries to secure an area
inside the Westgate Shopping Centre
where gunmen went on a shooting spree
in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
A girl is helped by police officers inside
Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi
September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
Sep 21
2013
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57. Customer stampeding out of Westgate mall in Nairobi,
Kenya, terrorist attacks on Saturday. Sep 21.2013
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63. A Kenyan soldier holding a dog by its leash enters the main gate of Westgate Shopping
Centre in Nairobi, September 22, 2013.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Onlookers stand along the road and look from a distance at Westgate Shopping Centre,
where gunmen are holding hostages, in Nairobi, September 22, 2013.
REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
Customers evacuate following a shootout between
unidentified armed men and the police at the
Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21,
2013.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Customers run following a shootout between unidentified
armed men and the police at the Westgate shopping mall
in Nairobi September 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Sep 22
2013
Sep 21
2013
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Nairobi -KENYA -September 21,2013
63
64. A man reads a daily newspaper with other onlookers at the
edge of a security perimeter put into place near the
Westgate shopping center where gunmen are holding
hostages, in Nairobi September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried
Modola
Sep 22
2013
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65. Relatives and faithful Muslims make the body of the slain Rehmad Mehbub,
18, who was killed during a clash between armed men and police at Westgate
Shopping Center, in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, September 22. Islamic militants
were holed with hostages at a shopping center in Nairobi, where at least 59
people were killed in an attack by al Shabaab group that opposed Kenya's
participation in a peacekeeping mission in neighboring Somalia. (Thomas Mukoya
/ Reuters) #
Sep 22
2013
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66. Smoke rises from the Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi on 23. Kenya military has been locked in a
fierce battle with militants inside Somalia, a luxury shopping center Nairobi in a final effort to end end
this siege has caused at least 43 people dead and 200 wounded with an unknown number of hostages
are still being held. (Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Images) #
Sep 23
2013
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67. Kenyan troops take cover after heavy gunfire near Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi on 23. Kenya Defence Army still
inside the mall, in a standoff with Somali militants after they were surrounded mall shooting and throwing grenades as they
entered. Corps on September 23 Somali Shebab threaten to kill hostages they are holding a shopping center in Nairobi as
Kenya troops move to end the siege of them. (Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Images) #
Sep 23
2013
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68. A Kenyan police officer running for cover in a nearby forest as large explosions and heavy
gunfire was heard from the Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi, Kenya September 23. Four
large explosions do rocked Kenya Westgate Mall on the 23rd, sending large plumes of smoke
over the suburb as senior Kenyan military forces have sought to rescue an unknown number
of hostages held by militants al-Qaeda links. (Ben Curtis / AP) #
Sep 23
2013
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69. Security personnel at the Kenya waves around to cover as heavy gunfire
erupted from the Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi, Kenya on 23. Several
large explosions rocked the shopping center, where a hostage siege was the
third day. (Jerome Delay / AP) #
Sep 23
2013
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70. Medical staff cover behind a large tree as gunfire
and explosions were heard from the Westgate
Shopping Center in Nairobi, Kenya on 23. Several
large explosions rocked the shopping center, where
a hostage siege in the third day. The Associated
Press reporter at the scene heard a series of
explosions and gunfire. Security forces rescue
efforts were an unknown number of hostages
inside the center of the terrorist organization al-
Qaeda links. (Jerome Delay / AP) #
Sep 23
2013
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71. Stephen, center, who lost his father in the September 21
attacks in the Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi, Kenya, is
comforted by relatives as he waited for the post-mortem
examination at the city morgue September 23. Gunmen open
radical Islamist grenade and gun assault rifle inside the
shopping center in Nairobi September 21, killing and injuring
dozens more than a hundred of the attacks. September 23
gunmen early morning still hiding inside the shopping center
with an unknown number of hostages. (Jerome Delay / AP) #
Sep 23
2013
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72. A soldier rides a horse near the Westgate shopping
centre after an explosion in Nairobi, September 23,
2013. Powerful explosions sent thick smoke billowing
from the Nairobi mall where militants from Somalia's al
Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group threatened to kill
hostages on the third day of a raid in which at least 59
have already died. REUTERS/Karel Prinsloo
Sep 23
2013
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73. A helicopter flies as smoke rises over Westgate shopping center after an explosion in
Nairobi, September 23, 2013. Powerful explosions sent thick smoke billowing from the
Nairobi mall where militants from Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group
threatened to kill hostages on the third day of a raid in which at least 59 have already
died. REUTERS/Karel Prinsloo
Sep 23
2013
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74. Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take a break near the Westgate shopping
centre after an exchange of gunfire inside the mall in Nairobi, September
23, 2013.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
Kenyan police officers take position during the ongoing military operation at the
Westgate Shopping Centre in the capital Nairobi, September 23, 2013.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Police officers and members of the media take cover at a distance from the Westgate Shopping
Centre after continuous gunfire was heard coming from the mall in Nairobi, September 23,
2013.
REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
Smoke rises from the Westgate shopping centre after explosions at the mall in Nairobi,
September 23, 2013.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
Sep 23
2013
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