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Westgate, September 2013
The attack on the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya on September 21st, 2014 by Islamist militants united Kenyans from different ethnic and religious groups in their grief.
Westgate was a favorite haunt of rich Kenyans and foreigners. Among those killed were President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nephew and members of the country’s Asian community – both Muslim and Hindu.
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab says it carried out the attack, which killed at least 67 people.
A funeral worker places the first log on the funeral pyre of Neha Manish Mashro, a sixteen year-old girl who was killed in the attack on Westgate Centre, at the Hindi Crematorium, Nairobi, on September 24, 2013.
Police officers guard the edge of a security perimeter put into place a distance from the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, while a fire, due to an explosion, burns in the background, during a standoff between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building, in Nairobi, Kenya on September 23, 2013.- Police officers guard the edge of a security perimeter put into place a distance from the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, in the early hours of the morning during a standoff between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building, September 24, 2013.
- A Kenyan Soldier holds an RPG on top of his vehicle after firing a rocket into the Westgate Centre during a standoff between Kenyan security forces at the Westgate Centre, Nairobi, Kenya on September 24, 2013.
- An Islamic Community Elder from the Somali Eastleigh District of Nairobi addresses the media after his community delivered water and food to security forces and volunteers during a standoff between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the Westgate Centre, following a terrorist attack, in Nairobi, Kenya on September 23, 2013.
- Volunteers man a desk announcing what numbers people can call if they have lost loved ones in the Westgate Terrorist Attack at the Oshwal Community Centre in Nairobi, Kenya on September 24, 2013.
- Ramesh Vaya lights the funeral pyre of his wife, Malti, who was shot dead in an an attack on Westgate Shopping Centre, at the Hindi Crematorium in Nairobi, Kenya on the 24th September, 2013.
- Flowers that have adorned a coffin are left next to a funeral pyre at the funeral of Malti Vaya, a mother who was killed in the attack on Westgate Shopping Centre, at the Hindi Crematorium, Nairobi, on September 24, 2013.
- Family members wait to collect the body of a relative who was killed in the terrorist attack on Westgate Shopping Centre from the City Mortuary in Nairobi, Kenya on September 25, 2013.
- Mourners and family members of the Ismaili Community carry the coffin of a loved one who died in the terrorist attack on Westgate Centre in Nairobi, Kenya on September 25, 2013.
- Mourners gather at the Sikh funeral of Dalvinder Kaur Ghataurhae and her grandson, Pavraj Singh Ghataurhae, 16 years old, who were killed in the attack on Westgate Centre, at the Hindi Crematorium, Nairobi, on September 25, 2013.
- A mourner carries a wreath at the burial of President Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito, at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda, Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- A family member carries a photograph of President Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi ahead of his coffin at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda, Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- Mourners gather at the burial of President Kenyatta's nephew, Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- Mourners gather around the coffins of President Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito, at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda, Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- The mother of President Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi is comforted by family members at his graveside at the burial of him and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito, at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda, Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- A mourner is comforted at the graveside of President Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito, at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda, Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- An ambulance drives through a security perimeter put into place a distance from the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, in the early hours of the morning during a standoff between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building, September 24, 2013.
- A pastor reads from the Bible at the burial of President Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee, Rosemary Wahito, at the Kenyatta family homestead in Ichaweri, Gatunda, Kenya on September 27, 2013.
- A candlelit vigil is held for people who died in the terrorist attack on Westgate Shopping Centre at Ukay Nakumatt Nairobi, Kenya on September 28, 2013.
- A candlelit vigil is held for people who died in the terrorist attack on Westgate Shopping Centre at Ukay Nakumatt Nairobi, Kenya on September 28, 2013.
- Police officers guard the edge of a security perimeter put into place a distance from the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, in the early hours of the morning during a standoff between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building, September 24, 2013.
- Ramesh Vaya is comforted by family members after lighting the funeral pyre for his wife, Malti, who was shot dead in an an attack on Westgate Shopping Centre, at the Hindi Crematorium in Nairobi, Kenya on 24 September, 2013.
- The feet of a woman who was killed in the attack on Westgate Centre are shown in a funeral pyre at the Hindi Crematorium, Nairobi, on September 24, 2013.
- A family member touches the eyes of Dalvinder Kaur Ghataurhae's grandson, Pavraj Singh Ghataurhae, 16 years old; both were killed in the attack on Westgate Centre, at the Hindi Crematorium, Nairobi, on September 25, 2013.
