Terror strikes upscale Kenyan mall.

Imagine you are an upperclass Kenyan or a tourist looking for something to do during the day, why not go to the upscale Westgate mall Nairobi? You are leisurely strolling down the hallways  of the mall when you hear panicked screams coming from up ahead, you duck into a store and crouch down when you here gun shots! Minutes later masked gunmen enter the store and begin firing blindly, they see you and take you hostage little do you know that you won't be leaving the mall for four days as the gunmen lay siege to it. Last saturday that nightmarish scene unfolded, the gunmen belonged to a terrorist group called Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab is a Somalian based cell of Al-Qaeda. The group claimed responsibility for the attack over twitter, not only claiming that the attack was in retaliation for Kenyan troops entering Somalia but also that they shot over 100 people in the mall with the Kenyan Red Cross confirming 62 fatalities and over 120 injuries. This is one of the most chilling terrorist attacks since Al-Qaeda blew up two American embassies in 1998. In what can only be described as horrific, parents threw themselves over their children, people jumped into ventilation shafts, while others hid behind plastic mannequins as two squads of armed gunmen walked threw the mall shooting shoppers in the head at random. Hours later when the police arrived the floors were dripping with the blood of those shot. Fred Ngoga Gatereste an official of the African Union who was having coffee at a cafe in the mall around noon was startled when he heard two deafening blasts, he cowered on the floor watched eight gunmen shoot at Kenyan police as well as shoppers he said, "Believe me, these guys were good shooters, you could tell these guys were trained. Several witnesses say they heard the men shout for Muslims to run. As an American who likes to travel it makes me fear for my safety when I travel. I also wonder as to what else would have happened if the Police had not intervened. Secretary of state John Kerry who called the attack "A heartbreaking reminder that there exists an unspeakable evil in our world." More details and information are being released by the Kenyan government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/world/africa/nairobi-mall-shooting.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0