Al-Shabaab threaten to kill hostage in Nairobi

Terrorists from al-Shabaab threaten to kill the hostages still being held at the mall Westgate. Meanwhile there are reports that two Swedish nationals are among the terrorists.

By: Roar Dalmo Moltubak

We give the holy warriors inside the building permit to treat prisoners in a way that corresponds to the pressure they are exposed to, said al-Shabaab spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage said in a statement on an Islamist website Monday.

According to Kenyan police should be less than 10 hostages left inside the mall.

- We ask the Christians advancing towards the holy warriors, to have mercy on the prisoners, for it is they who will bear the bulk of any force being used against the holy warriors, said Rage.

At least 68 people have so far killed by terrorists.

Background: This is Al-Shabaab

SHOOTING: Police officers checking room by room in the mall Westgate in Nairobi in search of terrorists. Photo: GORAN Tomasevic / ReutersSecurity forces have taken action against the center, and on Monday morning it was still reported sharply and regularly shooting in the building. The sound of explosions could be heard outside.

A security source confirmed to AFP that an action against the terrorists in progress.

Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-inspired Somali group claims to have contact with the attackers located inside the mall. The extremist Islamist group also said it its members fighting against both Kenyan and Israeli forces

- Find and Swedes among attackers

It was Saturday morning that between 10 and 15 heavily armed people brutally broke into the mall and started shooting. Pictures from the scene show people who were shot in their cars outside and dead children and adults around the mall.

An unconfirmed list of terrorists pending on the internet, purportedly a list that Al-Shabaab itself behind .Where it appears that a number of western nationals participating in the attack, including a number of American-Somalis, two Swedish citizens, a find and a man who claimed to have British citizenship.

More Norwegians at the popular shopping center in the district of Westlands in Nairobi when attackers struck Saturday. Roger Herzenberg and Henning Boganes from Oslo Christian Center sat in a cafe when the first shots hit.

- We heard some shots, but was just sitting. After a few seconds, several shots. We started running towards the emergency exit. Best place was at home on the toilet. There we were seated to hear the shooting for several hours, said Henning Boganes to TV 2 Saturday.

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