Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has spoken to the nation to announce three days of mourning, and that the Westgate hostage crisis is over.
His announcement followed another day of confusion, contradiction, and waiting outside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi as Kenyan security forces moved in.
“Our confrontation with the terrorists at the Westgate mall left 240 casualties. I report with great sadness that 61 civilians lost their lives in the attack. Six security officers also made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the criminals.
Three floors of the Westgate mall collapsed, and there are several bodies still trapped in the rubble, including the terrorists,” he announced on TV.
Eleven arrests have been made, and interrogation has already begun. An FBI team is due to arrive shortly from the USA to assist.
The first victims have been prepared for burial; 51 people are still missing, and Kenyan soliders said the floors of Westgate were covered in blood with bodies scattered all around.
The Kenyan interior minister has also revealed that the operation was clearly planned well in advance, as it appears al-Shabaab rented a shop in Westgate, allowing it to discreetly build up supplies for this operation.
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