Kenyan president says siege at upmarket mall is over

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Kenya's president has proclaimed victory over the gunmen who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces had defeated the attackers.

More than 60 people, including a South African, were killed in the siege which began on Saturday.

President Uhuru Kenyatta said the dead included 61 civilians whose bodies have been recovered so far and six security forces, while some 175 were injured, including 62 who remain hospitalized.

In a televised address on Tuesday, president Kenyatta said one attackers body had been found in the rubble while five had been killed.

He said 11 other suspects had been arrested.