Nairobi mall death toll from terrorist attack rises to 68

The deal toll rose Monday from 59 to 68 when nine bodies were retrieved from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi where 10-15 Islamist terrorists are still barricaded with hostages for the second day.Kenyan military sources say the operation to neutralize the terrorists has begun and will be over tonight. President Uhuru Kenyatta said that females as well as males were in the gang, identified as the Somali Al Qaeda-backed Al Shabaab, which shot up the upscale mall Saturday with guns and grenades.

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