Monday, 23 September 2013

69 DEAD AND 175 INJURED FROM 13 NATIONS: DETAILS OF KENYA TERRORIST ATTACK VICTIMS BEGIN TO EMERGE

The Westgate Shopping Centre is on fire and a fierce gun battle is underway as Kenyan special forces try to end the three day siege that has killed at least 69 people
KENYA 
President Uhuru Kenyatta's nephew and nephew's fiancee were killed 

GHANA 
Kofi Awoonor, a Ghanaian poet, professor and former ambassador to Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations, died after being wounded in the attack, Ghana's presidential office confirmed. 
Ghana's ministry of information said Awoonor's son was injured and is responding to treatment. 

CANADA 
Two Canadians, including a diplomat, died in the attack, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.  He paid tribute to the victims and noted the loss of diplomat Annemarie Desloges, who served in Canada's High Commission to Kenya as a liaison officer with the Canada Border Services Agency.  Her spouse Robert Munk was wounded in the attack, but has since been released from the hospital, the Canadian Press reported. 

INDIA 
Two Indians, 8-year-old Parmashu Jain and 40-year-old Sridhar Natarajan, were killed, and four others were wounded in the attack.


BRITAIN 
The Foreign Office have confirmed that four UK nationals have been killed in the attack.  Prize-winning architect Ross Langdon, who had dual British and Australian citizenship, is believed to be one of the dead.  A British man, who refused to give his name, said his wife and daughter were both killed in the atrocity.  The Foreign Office warned the number of British dead is 'likely to rise as further information becomes available.'

FRANCE 
Two French women were killed, President Francois Hollande said. 

SOUTH AFRICA 
One South African citizen was killed, according to the country's International Relations Department. 

THE NETHERLANDS 
A 33-year-old Dutch woman died in the attack, believed to be Elif Yavuz, the heavily pregnant partner of British architect Mr Langdon.  Seven other Dutch citizens who were in the mall escaped unharmed, Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said. 

CHINA 
A 38-year-old Chinese woman with the surname Zhou who worked in the real estate industry was killed in the attack, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Her son was injured in the attack and was in stable condition in a hospital, according to the Chinese Embassy in Kenya. 

PERU 
A retired staff member of UNICEF from Peru was killed, the agency's regional office for Eastern and Southern Africa said. 


U.S. 
Five American citizens were injured, U.S. officials said. 


NEW ZEALAND 
Andrew McLaren, 34, a New Zealander who managed a factory in Kenya for the avocado oil company Olivado, was wounded in the attack, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. He was hospitalised in stable condition.



Source : Dailymail

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