As Twitchy reported earlier, gunmen launched a terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, reportedly telling Muslims to leave the area before opening fire. The al-Qaeda-linked Somali militia al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the group’s “press office,” @HSM_Press, has been tweeting its grievances and demands throughout the day.
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381469473208672256
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381470268662632448
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381470573521420288
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381475665502941184
Whoever is doing the tweeting claims to be in intermittent contact with the shooters inside the mall.
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381480148421189633
CNN is currently reporting “dozens” killed, with 31 seeming to be the most reliable number of confirmed casualties at the moment.
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381480723221204992
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381483208711221248
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381483966814896128
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381486199598108672
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381489431992999937
Kuffar, like infidels, is a derogatory term for non-Muslims.
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381489805030207489
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381501717713412097
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381502284019953664
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381504157288366080
https://twitter.com/HSM_Press/status/381507288554430465
For whatever reason, CNN is still being careful to enclose the word “terrorists” in quotation marks.
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