NEW YORK — President Barack Obama says the United States stands with Kenya against the “terrible outrage” of a shopping mall terrorist attack.
Obama says the United States is providing law enforcement assistance and all the help it can to deal with the tragedy.
At least 62 people have been killed by members of the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab. The attackers say the strike was retribution for Kenyan forces’ 2011 push into neighboring Somalia.
Obama was making his first public remarks on the attack while meeting with Nigeria’s president on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Monday. Obama had called Kenya’s president over the weekend to offer condolences and support.
Obama said the attack shows the international community must stand against the “senseless violence” he said groups like al-Shabab represent.
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- Kenyan security forces walk back from the Westgate Mall as black smoke billows above, following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday. Four large blasts rocked Kenya’s Westgate Mall on Monday, sending large plumes of smoke over an upscale suburb as Kenyan military forces sought to rescue an unknown number of hostages held by al-Qaida-linked militants. Kenyan security forces killed three Islamist militants.
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