With chilling nonchalance, gunmen who massacred at least 67 people wander through Kenya’s Westgate mall, seen for the first time in security camera footage providing possible vital evidence to investigators.
Calmly searching corners of the mall — possibly hunting for more victims to kill after executing scores in the main hall of the upmarket complex — the closed-circuit television footage shows four young men ambling around with AK-47 rifles in hand.
Witnesses in the mall described how the fighters stormed the complex midday on Saturday when it was crowded with shoppers, firing from the hip and hurling grenades at shoppers and staff.
But hours after the attack started, the men are seen in the bread section of the supermarket, the bulk of their victims most likely already dead.
They wear backpacks, perhaps stuffed with the ammunition that they would use to keep Kenya’s Army — backed by foreign special forces — at bay for four days.
Two weeks since Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents attacked Nairobi’s upmarket Westgate mall, the CCTV footage could help answer questions about the bloodbath.
One thing is clear: the men were organised, apparently unafraid, and utterly ruthless.
During the attack, Kenyan officials said that between 10 - 15 gunmen were involved, and later claimed to have killed five, although it is not clear where those bodies are now.