Kenyan police arrests over 10 suspects for mall attack

Kenyan police on Monday said they had arrested more than 10 suspects for questioning over an ongoing attack on a Nairobi shopping mall where more than 60 people were massacred.

“We’ve arrested more than 10 individuals for questioning in relation to the Westgate attack,” police said in a message on their Twitter account.

Kenyan security forces remained locked in a fierce battle with Somali Islamist gunmen inside the upmarket mall on Monday, where thick black smoke billowed out following huge explosions.

Kenya’s defence ministry said that “three terrorists have been killed so far”, while “a few others have suffered injuries.”

Operations continued but troops had “sealed all possible escape routes”, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the chances of any terrorists escaping were “very slim.”