US: Militant Gunmen Likely Died in Kenya Mall Massacre
January 11, 2014
VOA News
gunman aims rifle inside store during attack on Westgate shopping
mall, Nairobi, Oct. 17, 2013.
U.S. investigators who helped probe the deadly mall attack last
September in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, say the al-Shabab militants
who launched the massacre likely died in the attack.
In a report posted Friday on the FBI's website, legal attaché Dennis
Brady said there is no evidence any of the attackers escaped the
explosions and fire that caused parts of the four-story Westgate Mall
to collapse.
Brady also said Kenyan investigators have recovered the charred
remains of what they believe are three of the four gunmen, and that
Kenyan police are in agreement with the FBI analysis. Four others
suspected of aiding the gunmen are in custody.
The attaché also said any escape by al-Shabab attackers would have
been publicly celebrated by the militant group, and that no such
acknowledgement has occurred.
The New York Police Department also probed the attack, and in a report
last month suggested all four gunmen escaped. The Associated Press,
however, quoted Linda Greenfield-Thomas, the top State Department
official for Africa, as saying the New York critique, based largely on
the analysis of public documents, does not reflect the U.S.
government's position.
Sixty-seven people died in the September 21 attack. Somalia-based
al-Shabab militants quickly claimed responsibility and threatened to
carry out other acts of violence against Kenya.
Kenya sent troops to Somalia more than two years ago to help battle
al-Shabab, which has been fighting to turn Somalia into a strict
Islamic state.
The rebel group has demanded the withdrawal of all Kenyan forces from Somalia.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.
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