Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Armed gunmen waged a tense standoff with Kenyan police and soldiers inside an upscale Nairobi shopping mall early Sunday, hours after brazenly gunning down shoppers, diners and others.
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The Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack targeting non-Muslims at an upscale mall in Kenya's capital.

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By Patrick Garrity and Simon Moya-Smith, NBC News

Gunmen stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners on Saturday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in a terror attack, leaving at least 39 dead, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said. The U.S. State Department said American citizens were reportedly among the approximately 150 injured.
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