Somali militants claim ‘blowback’ motivation for Nairobi mall attack

“At least 39 people were killed when masked gunmen stormed an upscale Nairobi mall, Kenya’s president said on Saturday. Al Shabaab militants said the attack was retaliation for Kenya’s involvement fighting Islamists in neighbouring Somalia.  Masked gunmen killed 39 people when they stormed an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address on Saturday, adding that he lost family members in the attack claimed by Somalia’s al Qaeda-inspired al Shabaab rebels.
The Islamist rebels said the massacre was in direct retaliation for Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia, where African Union troops are battling the Islamists.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/21/at-least-39-dead-in-nairobi-mall-attack-al-qaeda-linked-al-shabaab-somali-militants-claim-responsibility/

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