Kenyan security forces are close to ending a Nairobi shopping mall siege, Interior Minister Joseph ole Lenku said on Monday, with Islamist attackers still fighting but left with no way out of the complex.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think the operation will come to an end soon,\u201d Lenku told a press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in control of all the floors, the terrorists are running and hiding in some stores\u2026 there is no room for escape.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least two of the gunmen were killed in the assault Monday morning and \u201cseveral injured,\u201d Lenku added.<\/p>\n
Somalia\u2019s Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab insurgents have claimed the attack, which began on Saturday, but Kenyan army chief Julius Karangi said the gunmen had different nationalities, without giving further details.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are from different countries. We have sufficient intelligence this is global terrorism,\u201d Karangi said.<\/p>\n
Several foreign fighters, including Somalis with dual nationalities, are members of the Shabaab force.<\/p>\n
Contrary to some earlier rumours, Lenku denied that any of the insurgents were women.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no women, all the terrorists are men. Some of them had dressed like women,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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