Dozens of People Killed in Nairobi Mall Shooting [Updated] - New York Magazine

Kenya's typically peaceful capital was rocked today when a militant group entered the Westgate Mall there and opened fire on patrons. According to the secretary general of the Kenyan Red Cross, General Abbas Guled, at least 30 people have been killed and another 60 injured in a horrifying incident that marks the city's most violent scene since the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombing of the American Embassy. This time around, the Somali militant group al-Shabaab, which has ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility on Twitter, Reuters reports, and the "Westgate spectacle" is now being considered a terrorist attack targeted at non-Muslim Kenyans and Westerners there. (At least one survivor said she heard an attacker telling mall visitors that all Muslims had to leave the area.) The attackers are also reportedly holding some hostages inside the building.