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CBC News gives you the latest reports from the ground in Nairobi where al-Qaeda-linked militants holding an unknown number of hostages are engaged in a standoff with the Kenyan military.

CBC News gives you the latest reports from the ground in Nairobi where al-Qaeda-linked militants holding an unknown number of hostages are engaged in a standoff with the Kenyan military.

by CBC News 9/23/2013 10:58:28 AM

3rd & 7 37yd

Nairobi pastors pray outside Westgate mall http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU1vy78CQAA6FQW.jpg

by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/23/2013 10:57:44 AM
More smoke from Westgate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU11YBMCMAAERkt.jpg

by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/23/2013 10:57:48 AM
Ambulance arrives on scene http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU11qHJCYAAdKCT.jpg

by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/23/2013 10:57:49 AM
Westgate mall apparently on fire http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU14oXACQAA-XCb.jpg

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/23/2013 10:58:01 AM
Relative quiet as fire and smoke billow out of mall

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/23/2013 10:58:04 AM
Smoke billowing out of westgate is getting darker looking and thicker http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU2FPzyCUAAtjJD.jpg

by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/23/2013 11:43:54 AM
Firetruck heads into alley leading to mall ... Helicopters overhead http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU2F8QDCMAA7Sfa.jpg

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/23/2013 11:46:56 AM
Armoured vehicle just entered alley going toward mall http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU2HfRXCEAAZynq.jpg

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/23/2013 11:53:41 AM
Yet more tear gas to disperse crowd which keeps coming back.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/23/2013 2:07:13 PM
Red Cross Paramedics lie down beside a parked ambulance outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi after heavy shooting started again on Monday. (Sayyid Azim/Associated Press)

by CBC News 9/23/2013 2:11:25 PM
All blood donation centres have closed. The supplies will be ferried to Nairobi, and some will be used to boost regional blood banks.

by Disaster OpCentre KE via twitter 9/23/2013 2:23:37 PM
#Kenya : Al-Shabab attack a despicable affront to human rights owl.li/p7Hqv

by AmnestyInternational via twitter 9/23/2013 2:25:46 PM
KDF has dominated all floors of Westgate Mall building. Troops are now concentrating on clearing the building via @kdfinfo

by Kenya Police via twitter 9/23/2013 3:07:17 PM
#Kenya police say 3 terror suspects killed, 11 police hurt during push by security forces for control of Nairobi's #WestGate mall.

by CBC News Alerts via twitter 9/23/2013 3:24:26 PM
A policeman and photographers take cover after hearing gunshots near the mall. Karel Prinsloo/Reuters

by CBC News 9/23/2013 4:06:00 PM
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by GlobalPost via twitter retweeted by NahlahAyed 9/23/2013 8:46:04 PM
Foreign Affairs confirms two Canadians among 175 injured in Nairobi mall attack.

by CBC News 9/23/2013 9:04:29 PM
That relentless helicopter is back in the sky. officials say there may be one or two attackers still holding out in the mall.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 8:53:29 AM
Tear gas

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 9:57:08 AM
Tear gas and shots again to disperse. Crowd near westgate

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 9:57:37 AM
More journalists and satellite trucks at Westgate today. A few shots heard in the distance periodically http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU62-2YCEAACXXf.jpg

by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/24/2013 9:59:40 AM
Armoured vehicle arrives just now as well as policemen w guns http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU6-1uoCAAAqu8B.jpg

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 10:34:00 AM
Large blast just now

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 10:41:58 AM
We would like to urge all Kenyans that security has been beefed up across Nairobi & the country. Do not let the enemy control your movements

by Kenya Police via twitter 9/24/2013 2:46:24 PM
From AP: U.S. President Barack Obama is telling the United Nations General Assembly that while the world is more stable than five years ago, the deadly terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Kenya "indicates the dangers that remain."

by CBC News 9/24/2013 3:15:43 PM
Kenyan president to speak shortly.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 3:38:45 PM
Kenyan prez now speaking declares three days of mourning

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:40:05 PM
Prez Kenyata: "Friends of Kenya: Terrorism is a global problem that requires global solution....I ask our friends to stand with us."

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:41:32 PM
Kenyatta: 11 suspects have been apprehended.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:42:13 PM
Prez Kenyatta: people who lost their lives were innocent harmless civilians.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:43:09 PM
Prez. Kenyatta: we have been badly hurt feel great pain and loss. but we have been brave.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:44:52 PM
Prez. Kenyatta: we have defeated our enemies....our attackers wish to destroy the essential character of our society, but they failed.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:45:49 PM
Prez. Kenyatta: incident which we now put behind, was certainly not welcome..

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:46:17 PM
Prez. Kenyatta: 61 civilians killed as well as 6 security officers.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:48:12 PM
Prez. Kenyatta: I urge you to remain calm and vigilant. our country is safe.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:48:30 PM
Prez. Kenyatta:Kenya crisis is over.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:50:05 PM
Dear Kenyans, its over. Let's us now build a better Kenya. Our work is cut out to serve you all. Utumishi Kwa Wote. #WithOneAccord

by Kenya Police via twitter 9/24/2013 4:54:17 PM
prez Kenyatta also said several floors in mall had collapsed.

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/24/2013 4:56:17 PM
Kenya mall attack survivor recalls chaos: Freelance reporter Arjen Westra was in Nairobi's Westgate Mall havin... bit.ly/1gWTqQo

by CBC_WorldNews via twitter 9/24/2013 5:30:10 PM
RT “@InteriorKE : CS Lenku: going forward the forensic exercise beginning. US, Britian, Israel, Germany, Canada and Interpol.”

by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/25/2013 2:14:44 PM
Locals gaze out at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVFxbh0CIAEcZPU.jpg

by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/26/2013 12:51:14 PM