Westgate shoppers give al-Shabab the middle finger

20 July 2015 - 02:02
By Reuters

Kenya's Westgate shopping mall reopened on Saturday nearly two years after al-Shabab Islamic terrorists from Somalia massacred at least 67 people there and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex. Once an emblem of Kenya's growing prosperity, the Westgate mall has since become symbolic of growing insecurity in the east African nation - and of President Uhuru Kenyatta's inability to prevent frequent Islamist attacks.

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