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Kenyan forces take control of shopping centre
September 23, 2013
Kenyan security forces have launched an assault on the Westgate shopping complex in the capital Nairobi in an attempt to break the two-day siege.
Sporadic gunfire is continuing at the mall, where suspected al-Shabab militants remain holed up.
Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said in a tweet that security forces were now in control of all floors in the building.The official death toll now stands at 62 and more than 170 have been injured.