Nairobi Mall

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  Kenya Readies 10,000 Police to Boost Security for Pope Francis

  Kenya said today it may deploy as many as 10,000 police officers to boost security during a visit by Pope Francis later this month as the country readies for crowds of one million people.

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  Kenya Marks Anniversary of Westgate Mall Attack

  Kenya on Sunday marks a year since Somali Islamist gunmen attacked Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, with anniversary commemorations including the unveiling of a memorial stone and candlelight vigil.

• Westgate attackers disagreed over killing kids: witness

  Islamist gunmen who shot dead scores of people in a Nairobi shopping mall last year were in apparent disagreement over whether they should kill women and small children, a court in Kenya heard on Thursday.

• Kenya mall attackers believed to be dead: FBI

  The gunmen who attacked an upscale mall in Kenya's capital, killing at least 67 people, likely died in the attack, an FBI official has said.

• Kenya says all terrorists died in mall attack

  All the terrorists died in a recent attack on a Kenyan mall, contrary to suggestions in a New York Police Department report that some of the attackers could have escaped, a Kenyan official said.

• Investigators piece together plot to attack Kenya mall

  Four gunmen who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall in September came to Kenya about four months earlier and some had exercised at a gym in an area of the Kenyan capital popular with Somalis, Western officials with knowledge of the investigation said.

• Investigations at Kenya mall massacre site over: government

  Detectives scouring Kenya's Westgate shopping mall after September's massacre by Islamist gunmen have completed on-site investigations, the government said Wednesday.

• Chennai: Woman injured in Nairobi mall attack brought back

  A woman from Tiruchirapalli in the state, injured in the Nairobi mall attack in September, was brought to the city today for further medical treatment.

• Kenya charges four over Westgate mall attack: court

  Kenya charged four men on Monday in connection with the Westgate mall massacre in September, an attack claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab in which at least 67 people were killed.

• 'White Widow' wrote ode to Osama bin Laden: report

  The British woman wanted for alleged terror offences in Kenya, dubbed the "White Widow", wrote an ode to the late Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden proclaiming her love for him, a report said on Tuesday.

• Video suggesting soldiers looted Nairobi mall angers Kenyans

  Security camera footage of soldiers appearing to loot goods during last month's Nairobi shopping mall siege has infuriated Kenyans who had initially praised troops for their courage in battling the Somali attackers.

• Uganda on alert over fears of Kenya-style mall attack

  Uganda was on high alert today over fears of an attack similar to the bloody mall assault by Somalia's Shebab fighters in neighbouring Kenya, where investigators continue to recover charred body parts.

• Norwegian suspect named as Kenya mall gunman: report

  A Norwegian citizen of Somali origin is suspected of being one of the attackers who stormed a Kenyan shopping mall last month massacring 67 people, the BBC said.

• Kenya: the trauma of a massacre lingers for children

  When the shooting began at the Nairobi mall, Cynthia Carpino and her husband hid in the parking lot. But their 1-year-old daughter wouldn't stop crying. To muffle her cries, her father placed his hand over her mouth so hard she almost suffocated. Little Azzurra fainted in his arms, and three weeks later she's still not right.

• Kenya mall assailants numbered no more than six: police

  Kenyan police said today that only between four and six armed men, not 10 to 15 as earlier thought, conducted the September attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that left 67 dead.