Kenya siege ends as Kenyan forces secure Nairobi’s Westgate mall (LIVE BLOG)
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Smoke rises from the Westgate mall in Nairobi on September 23, 2013. Kenyan troops were locked in a fierce firefight with Somali militants inside the complex in a final push to end a siege that has left at least 62 dead and 200 wounded with an unknown number of hostages still being held.
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