HATIMAYE VIKOSI VYA KENYA WADHIBITI WESTGATE

Hatimaye vikosi vya usalama nchini Kenya vinasema vimelidhibiti jengo zima la Westgate mjini Nairobi, ikiwa ni zaidi ya siku tatu baada ya jengo hilo kuvamiwa na wanamgambo.
Milipuko ikifuatiwa na milio ya risasi imesikika kutoka ndani ya jengo hilo asubuhi ya leo huku duru zikisema kuwa vikosi vya usalama vinaelekea kukamilisha operesheni hiyo.
Kwa mujibu wa vyombo vya habari, magaidi sita waliokuwa wamesalia wameuawa huku wengine watatu wakiuawa hapo jana.

Serikali imesema zaidi ya watu 60 wameuawa na wengine zaidi ya 170 kujeruhiwa katika shambulio hilo ambalo Al shabaab imekiri kulitekeleza.
Wizara ya mambo ya ndani imesema wanajeshi wanaendelea kulisaka jengo zima la Westgate kutoka orofa moja hadi nyengine kuhakikisha kwamba hakuna mateka aliyesalia
Wakati huohuo, waziri wa mambo ya nje amesema kuwa wawili kati ya wanamgambo watatu waliofanya shambulii hilo ni raia wa Marekani pamoja na mwanamke muingereza.

Kwenye mahojiano na kituo kimoja cha televisheni nchini Marekani, Amina Mohamed alisema kuwa wamarekani walikuwa kati ya umri wa miaka 18 na 19 ingawa wenye asili ya kisomali au kiarabu na waliishi mjini Minnesota. Mshukiwa mwingine alikuwa mwanamnke Muingereza ambaye inasemekana alikuwa amefanya vitendo vingi vya aina hii kwa niaba ya Al Shabaab.
Shirika la Red Cross limeambia BBC kuwa watu 63 wangali hawajulikani waliko.
Haijulikani idadi ya wanamgambo waliokuwa ndani ya jengo hilo , lakini maafisa wa usalama wamesema kuwa wanamgambo watatu wameuawa.
Kundi la kigaidi la al-Shabab limekiri kutekeleza mauaji hayo, kulipiza kisasi hatua ya Kenya kujihusisha kijeshi nchini Somalia.
Operesheni hiyo iliendelea usiku kucha ingawa kwa mujibu wa waziri wa usalama wa Kenya, ilikuwa katika mkondo wake wa mwisho.
"magaidi hawa huenda wanakimbia na kujificha katika sehemu mbali mbali za jengo hilo lakini ghorofa zote za jengo hilo zimedhibitiwa na majeshi,'' alisema Ole Lenku
Aliongeza kuwa mateka wote walifanikiwa kuokolewa.

Jumatatu jioni moshi mkubwa ulionekana ukifuka kutoka kwenye jengo la Westgate ukiambatana na moto mkubwa. Moto huo unasemekana uliwashwa na wanamgambo hao ili kutatiza vikosi vya usalama katika juhudi zao za kutaka kukomboa jengo hilo.
Kenya Army personal walk late evening outside the mall as a plume of black smoke continues to billow over the Westgate Mall, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP / Sayyid Azim)
Armed police from the General Service Unit take cover behind a wall during a bout of gunfire, outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP / Ben Curtis)Kenyan security forces walk back from the Westgate Mall as black smoke billows above, following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP / Jonathan Kalan)
Kenyan Defense Forces leave the near vicinity of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Sept. 23 2013. (AP / Jerome Delay)
Kenyan Defense Forces leave the near vicinity of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP / Jerome Delay)

Kenyan soldiers are seen on an upper floor balcony of the Westgate Mall following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 23, 2013. (Jonathan Kalan/AP Photo)

Kenyan soldiers take cover after heavy gunfire near Westgate mall in Nairobi, Sept. 23, 2013. (Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images)

Security officers in a nearby property watch as dark smoke billows above the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya after a loud explosion, Sept. 23, 2013. (Sayyid Azim/AP Photo)