UK, Saturday 21 September 2013, Shoppers run from a mall in Nairobi, as gunmen reportedly armed with AK-47 rifles open fire during an attempted robbery.
The shootout happened inside a mall in Kenya's capital city
Gunmen have opened fire inside a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Police chief Benson Kibue said the men were attempting to rob a shop inside the mall when the shootout began.
Witnesses said around half a dozen grenades were also detonated.
A photographer for the Reuters news agency said five people appeared to have been killed, although there was no official confirmation.
Rob Vandijk, who works at the Dutch embassy, said he was eating at a restaurant inside the mall when the attackers threw hand grenades inside the building.
He said he heard gunfire and people screaming as they dropped to the ground.
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