Al-Shabaab claim 137 hostages killed at Westgate
The Al-Shabaab insurgents claimed on Wednesday that they had killed 137 hostages during the Westgate Mall siege, figures impossible to verify and higher than the number of people officially registered as missing.
The fighters, in a message posted on Twitter, said "137 hostages who were being held by the mujahedeen" had died.
They also accused the Kenya Defence forces of using "chemical agents" to end the four-day stand-off.
"In an act of sheer cowardice, beleaguered Kenyan forces deliberately fired projectiles containing chemical agents," one tweet read.
"To cover their crime, the Kenyan government carried out a demolition to the building, burying evidence and all hostages under the rubble."
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