On Saturday, the Somalia-based al Shabab terror group used deadly force to take control of an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya. As many as 16 assailants lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons into a crowd of weekend shoppers, killing at least 68 people and taking an unknown number hostage. The siege continued into Monday as government forces battled the terrorists for control of the building.
The images of shoppers-turned-survivors crawling, ducking, and sprinting for safety, often doing whatever they could to help petrified strangers do the same, shows how terrifying this ongoing ordeal really is. Here, a selection:
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