Details are emerging
about some of those who died in the attack on a Nairobi shopping centre by
suspected al-Shabab militants.
Details are emerging
about some of those who died in the attack on a Nairobi shopping centre by
suspected al-Shabab militants.
Ruhila Adatia-Sood
Ruhila Adatia-Sood, a
popular Radio Africa host, was in the car park of the Westgate shopping centre
where she was hosting a cooking competition, according to reports.
She was pregnant.
Kofi Awoonor
The 78-year-old was a
Ghanaian poet and former professor at the University of Ghana. He was also the
former chairman of the Council of State. He was in Nairobi to take part in a
literary event.
Mbugua Mwangi and
Rosemary Wahito
President Uhuru
Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua and his fiancee Rosemary Wahito are among the many
Kenyans killed in the attack on the Westgate shopping centre.
Addressing the nation
on Saturday, Uhuru Kenyatta said:
"I ask God to give
you comfort as you confront this tragedy, and I know what you feel having also
lost very close family members in this deadly attack."
Annemarie Desloges
A 29-year-old Canadian
diplomat who served at the country's high commission in Kenya as a liaison
officer with the Canada Border Services Agency.
Her husband, Robert
Munk, was injured in the attack but has since been released from hospital,
officials said.
Other nationals
France said two of its
citizens were killed, and Canada said a second national had died in the
attacks. Three Britons and an Australian have been confirmed dead.
A 33-year-old Dutch
woman was also killed.
China's official news
agency reported that a Chinese woman had been killed.
A South African
national also died.
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