Gun attack on Kenyan shopping centre kills at least 25

Sep 21, 2013 15:48

At least 25 people have been killed in a suspected terrorist attack in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after gunmen opened fire and threw grenades in an upmarket shopping centre.
On Saturday evening the Kenyan presidency tweeted that one of the gunmen had been arrested. The country's head of police, David Kimaiyo, said several assailants were also ( Read more... )

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lied_ohne_worte September 22 2013, 03:14:08 UTC
My news says they're still inside, and gives the death count as at least 39, with 150 people injured. The pictures are horrifying, particularly the interviews with the people who got out.

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rkt September 22 2013, 03:22:44 UTC
according to fox, via my fb feed, CHRISTIANS were targeted.

i hate fox sfm.

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__nocturna September 22 2013, 13:13:15 UTC
Maybe they were? Multiple witnesses are saying the gunmen targeted non-Muslims, even asking the victims if they were Muslim and executing the ones that said they were not.

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rkt September 22 2013, 14:06:07 UTC
not all non-muslims are christian.

it's also about the framing that fox takes on. just the headline is enough to be incendiary without context.

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moonshaz September 22 2013, 22:47:09 UTC
Exactly!

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ayajedi September 22 2013, 06:16:08 UTC
so tragic

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nerwende September 22 2013, 07:51:50 UTC
BBC is saying 43 dead and 200 wounded. Live updates http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24193284

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mycenaes September 22 2013, 14:12:47 UTC
ugh, this is so awful. :(

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