Troops fighting 'one or two' gunmen in Nairobi mall: security sources

September 24, 2013 12:07

Kenyan special forces are still battling "one or two" Islamist militants holed up inside Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, security sources involved in the operation said today.

The sources said the militants were located and isolated in or around a casino located on one of the upper floors of the complex.

Sporadic gunfire and the sound of blasts could be heard coming from inside the mall at dawn, witnesses said.

The fresh fighting came some hours after the Kenyan government had declared it was in "full control" of the sprawling mall and as the siege went into its fourth day.

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