DHAKA: Kenyan officials said early on Tuesday that their forces were ‘in control’ of a mall in the capital where Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab launched a raid.

‘Our forces are combing the mall floor by floor looking for anyone left behind,’ the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in The Office of the President said on its Twitter handle.

‘We believe all hostages have been released,’ he added, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The raid has killed at least 62 people.

BDST: 2108 HRS, SEPT 24, 2013
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