Kenya has begun a three day mourning for the victims of the Westgate shopping mall attack. The attack in which 67 people have been confirmed dead, which includes 61 civilians and 6 security officials.
Kenyan authorities say the number of dead may increase as bodies are feared to be trapped beneath rubbles in the mall after three levels collapsed.
About 175 people were also wounded when Al Shabab militants stormed the Nairobi mall on Saturday afternoon. The attackers marched into the mall at midday on Saturday, shooting shoppers with machine guns and tossing grenades.
Al Shabab has claimed it carried out the attack in retaliation for Kenya's military incursion in Somalia.
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