Kenya: AP Narrates How He Shot At Terrorists During Westgate Attack

18 January 2014

AN AP who was at the Westage Mall during the September 21 terror attack told a court how he shot one of the attackers in an exchange of fire. Constable Ali Miraj told the tmagistrate Daniel Ochenja that he was at the mall with his colleagues to collect money to escort for banking.

He said he first saw two armed people who he mistook for plainclothes police offiers or the Recce Unit. He said when he signalled them by raising his hand up and asked them what was happening, they started shooting at him. The officer told the court that he took cover and started shooting at them.

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