"Everyone around me was shot," says Kenya mall attack survivor
- 11 years ago
PLEASE NOTE, THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Newly released Red Cross video shows the harrowing scene at the Westgate shopping mall on the first day of the attack by al Shabaab militants that killed 67 civilians.
What one Nairobi man thought was a robbery at first, turned out to be an attack by al Qaeda-linked militants.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) GENE MUGAKI, MALL ATTACK SURVIVOR SAYING:
"At one point I heard them engaging a lady, asking, because the lady started saying 'I'll give you money' and that's when this Somali terrorist replied, and was quite angry, saying 'we are not here for money, we are mujahideen!' and they shot her."
The ordeal left him coping with the trauma of seeing so many shot to death.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) GENE MUGAKI, MALL ATTACK SURVIVOR SAYING:
"So I got up and that's when I noticed everyone around me was shot - apart from one gentleman who was next to me - either they had a bullet wound on the leg, on the chest, some on
Newly released Red Cross video shows the harrowing scene at the Westgate shopping mall on the first day of the attack by al Shabaab militants that killed 67 civilians.
What one Nairobi man thought was a robbery at first, turned out to be an attack by al Qaeda-linked militants.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) GENE MUGAKI, MALL ATTACK SURVIVOR SAYING:
"At one point I heard them engaging a lady, asking, because the lady started saying 'I'll give you money' and that's when this Somali terrorist replied, and was quite angry, saying 'we are not here for money, we are mujahideen!' and they shot her."
The ordeal left him coping with the trauma of seeing so many shot to death.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) GENE MUGAKI, MALL ATTACK SURVIVOR SAYING:
"So I got up and that's when I noticed everyone around me was shot - apart from one gentleman who was next to me - either they had a bullet wound on the leg, on the chest, some on