New surveillance cam footage sheds light on violent attack

Oct 17, 2013 14:56 GMT  ·  By

A new video shows how the 4-day long attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya begun.

*User discretion is advised, the content is brutal, graphic and violent and could offend some viewers. Shoppers are seen running from an unknown assailant, who then shows his face to the camera. He uses a machine gun to shoot someone left on the floor. The victim is wounded but survives, only to be killed when the suspect returns.

The images have been provided by security cameras installed inside the mall. Other two men can be seen making their way inside the mall, carrying weapons.

They open fire randomly, as everyone in the mall tries to run for safety. The attackers are also seen rounding up hostages in the mall supermarket. Wounded children and women are seen in the footage.