nairobi- kenya-september 21,2013

April 18, 2023 Nairobi -KENYA -September 21,2013 1

NAIROBI-KENYA September 21,2013

(Massacre at a Nairobi mall)

NAIROBI - KENYA September 21,2013


Click to continue


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

Click to continue


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 212013

Click to continue


Armed police search through Westgate shopping center for gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Sep 212013

Click to continue


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 212013

Click to continue


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 212013

Click to continue


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 212013

Click to continue


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 212013

Click to continue


An armed policeman stands next to the body of a woman at Westgate shopping center in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Click to continue


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


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

Click to continue


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


Armed police search through Westgate shopping center for gunmen in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Click to continue


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


Armed police search Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Click to continue


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


Injured people cry for help after gunmen went on a shooting spree in Westgate shopping center in

Nairobi, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


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


Bodies are seen after a shooting spree at Westgate shopping center in Nairobi,

September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


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


A woman walks past the body of a man as she escapes Westgate shopping center in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


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


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


Armed police approach the entrance of Westgate shopping center, past a body, in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


Police take cover outside Westgate shopping center where gunmen went on a shooting spree in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


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


A wounded man sits screaming in shock at a parking lot of Westgate shopping center in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


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


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


A wounded woman lies on the ground at Westgate shopping center after gunmen stormed the compound in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


Policemen search a man for weapons as he walked out of Westgate shopping center in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


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


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)


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) #

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/09/massacre_at_a_nairobi_mall.html#photo2


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) #



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) #



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) #



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) #



Buyers trying to flee from the attack at Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi, September 21. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) #



Security forces work quickly to get people out of the mall and find the warriors on 21. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) #



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) #



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)#



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) #



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) #



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) #



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) #



Evacuees Westgate Mall to escape violence in the siege on 21. (Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) #



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) #



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) #



He escaped from the massacre said the attackers were holding hostages at gunpoint. (Tyler Hicks / The New York

Times) #



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) #



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) #



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) #



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 212013



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 massacreSep 21

2013


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 212013


Customer stampeding out of Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, terrorist attacks on Saturday. Sep 21.2013

April 18, 2023 Nairobi -KENYA -September 21,2013

58

April 18, 2023Nairobi -KENYA -September 21,2013 61

April 18, 2023 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 222013

Sep 212013

Nairobi -KENYA -September 21,2013


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 222013


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 222013



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 232013



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 232013



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 232013



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 232013



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 232013



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 232013



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 232013


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 232013


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 232013


Sep 242013

NAIROBI - KENYA September 21 , 2013


THE END

nairobi- kenya-september 21,2013

News & Politics

nairobi kenya

nairobi mall

reutersgoran tomasevic

westgate shopping centrer

shooting spree

armed police search

westgate mall massacre

armed policeman