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A child runs to safety as armed police hunt gunmen

who went on a shooting spree at Westgate shopping centre

in Nairobi Sept. 21.

The gunmen stormed a shopping mall

in Nairobi on Sept. 21 killing at least 20 people

in what Kenya's government said

could be a terrorist attack,

and sending scores fleeing into shops,

a cinema and onto the streets in search of safety.

Sporadic gun shots could be heard hours

after the assault started as soldiers surrounded the mall

and police and soldiers combed the building,

hunting down the attackers shop by shop.

Some local television stations

reported hostages had been taken,

but there was no official confirmation.

Photograph: Goran Tomasevic

Reuters

Massacre at a Nairobi mall

Boston Globe > Big Picture

September 23, 2013

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/09/massacre_at_a_nairobi_mall.html - broken link

extremist network /  Islamist group

al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group

al-Shabaab / Shabab > Kenya, Somalia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
al-shabaab 

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
shabab

2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/
world/somalia-shabab-maalim-ayman-killed.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/10/
somalia-attack-al-shabaab-mogadishu-people-killed

2022

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2022/dec/05/
life-beyond-the-security-zone-in-mogadishu-somalia-
in-pictures - Guardian pictures gallery

2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/05/
793752674/airfield-used-by-u-s-forces-in-kenya-
comes-under-attack-by-al-shabab-militants

2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/
world/africa/nairobi-attack.html

2018

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/07/
nine-killed-al-shabab-car-bomb-attack-mogadishu-somalia-interior-ministry

2017

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/
mogadishu-bombing-fathers-grief-for-medical-student-killed-in-blast

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/15/
557895226/bombing-in-somalia-kills-dozens-death-toll-expected-to-rise

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/15/
533072030/restaurant-siege-in-somalia-ends-with-at-least-31-people-killed

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/25/
511584633/al-shabab-says-it-carried-out-deadly-car-bomb-attack-on-somalia-hotel

2016

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/13/
466667156/al-shabab-claims-responsibility-for-bombing-of-somali-jet-last-week

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/22/
463935807/militants-kill-at-least-17-in-attack-on-somali-beachfront-restaurant

2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/05/
kenya-shock-and-defiance-as-al-shabaab-gunman-revealed-to-be-officials-son

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/world/africa/kenyans-
identify-relatives-killed-at-college.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/
opinion/the-shababs-horrifying-resurgence.html

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/02/
397041279/al-shabab-militants-cross-border-to-storm-university-in-kenya

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/03/
397247622/kenya-copes-with-deadliest-attack-since-1998-bombing

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/apr/02/
al-shabaab-seize-hostages-in-standoff-at-kenya-college-live-updates

2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/world/africa/
drone-strike-is-said-to-kill-shabab-leader.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/us-attacks-al-shabaab-in-somalia

2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/world/africa/
pentagon-says-shabab-bomb-specialist-is-killed-in-missile-strike-in-somalia.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/28/al-shabaab-somalia-
african-union

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/
opinion/the-fight-against-al-shabab.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/world/africa/
target-in-us-raid-on-somalia-is-called-top-shabab-planner-of-attacks-abroad.html

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/09/30/
does-al-shabab-pose-a-threat-on-american-soil

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/24/
kenya-mall-siege-authorities-try-to-secure-control-live

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/24/
al-shabaab-stronger-nairobi-warns-analyst

Al Qaeda-inspired groups        USA        2012

jihadists of various kinds,

some identifying themselves with Al Qaeda,

are flourishing in Africa and the Middle East,

where the chaos that followed the Arab uprisings

has often given them greater freedom

to organize and operate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/middleeast/
al-qaeda-inspired-groups-minus-goal-of-striking-us.html

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