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| A dead white woman has been found among Islamic terrorists killed by soldiers as they stormed the mall where 62 shoppers were slaughtered this weekend, Kenyan officials said. It will fuel speculation the dead woman is Samantha Lewthwaite (left and right), widow of 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, wanted on terror charges |
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white woman has been found among Islamic terrorists killed by soldiers
Terrorists told French citizen 'they want to kill Kenyans and Americans'
Has British 'White Widow' been killed in final assault on Kenyan shopping mall? Officials say body of white woman terrorist found at scene
- Kenyan military official says terrorists are a 'multinational collection from all over the world'
- Al Shabaab militants today said they would kill the remaining hostages inside the Westgate Shopping Centre
- Kenyan official reveals he suspects the involvement of fugitive 7/7 'white widow' Samantha Lewthwaite
- Men, women and children slaughtered if they could not recite Koran or name Prophet Mohammed's mother
- Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, wanted by Kenyan police on a string of terror charges
- Westgate Shopping Centre on fire amid fears that terrorists have carried out suicide bomb attack
- Architect Ross Langdon, who had dual Australian and British nationality, is confirmed among the dead
- His Harvard-educated girlfriend Elif Yavuz was also killed. She was two weeks away from giving birth
- Foreign Office confirmed on Monday that four Britons have been killed in the atrocity
- Kenyan government says two militants have died in battle to retake the building
- Claims that five of the attackers are American and two are British
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| Security forces say they have evacuated almost all the hostages from the shopping centre, which was on fire earlier on Monday |
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| Kenya Security personnel take cover outside the Westgate Mall. Islamist terror group Al Shabaab claimed it carried out the atrocity in which four Britons were killed and 175 people were left injured |
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| Kenyan military said last night that 'most' of the hostages have been freed but a spokesman admitted today that the situation is still not clear |
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| Militants inside the shopping centre said hostages would 'bear the brunt' of any action by the Kenyan military |
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| Police officers take cover following a string of explosions and fierce gun fire on Monday - the third day of the siege |
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| Kenyan police said they have rescued some hostages after storming the mall and said they are 'increasingly gaining advantage [over] the attackers |
A dead white woman has been found among Islamic terrorists killed by soldiers as they stormed the mall where 62 shoppers were slaughtered this weekend, Kenyan officials said.
The claim, made by three sources to news agency Reuters, will fuel speculation that the dead woman is Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, who is wanted by Kenyan police on a string of terror charges. Police will also investigate the possibility that she is a hostage dressed in one of the terrorist's clothes.
Asked if it was Lewthwaite, dubbed the 'White Widow', an intelligence officer said: 'We don't know.'
Moments after the news broke, Al Shabaab, the Al Qaeda affiliated terror group behind the massacre at Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Centre, used their Twitter feed to claim that Lewthwaite was safe.
It comes as Kenyan special forces were today locked in a fight to the death with Islamic terrorists who have been barricaded inside the Nairobi mall with up to 40 hostages since Saturday.
Witnesses described hearing four large explosions at the Westgate Shopping Centre followed by the sight of thick plumes of smoke and the sounds of fierce gunfire after the military tried to break the three day siege by gaining access from the roof.
It is feared that some of the gunmen, who are from Al Qaeda affiliated group Al Shabaab, may have blown themselves up, though a Kenyan government minister said that militants had set fire to some mattresses in a supermarket as a decoy.
Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said that three of the terrorists have now been killed and that most hostages were now free.
'We think the operation will come to an end soon', he said. 'We are in control of all the floors, the terrorists are running and hiding in some stores... there is no room for escape'.
The Red Cross has put the death toll at 62 - including four Britons - and say 63 are still missing. At least 175 were injured, including children
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