A brazen terrorist attack in an upscale Nairobi shopping mall on Saturday killed at least 59 people, while a standoff between the armed attackers and police continued into Sunday.
The al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
"They Kenyan govt is pleading with our Mujahideen inside the mall for negotiations. There will be no negotiations whatsoever," the group posted on to Twitter on Saturday. The account was suspended Sunday morning.
The attack "appeared designed to achieve maximum global impact by targeting a place frequented by Westerners as well as Kenyans," according to Reuters.
Officials have confirmed that three British nationals were killed in the attacks. Two French citizens and two Canadians were killed, the governments said, according to Reuters.
The U.S. State Department said four Americans were believed to be injured in the attack.
Below are photos taken at the Westgate shopping center where the attacks took place:
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