Victims of the Kenya mall attack
Updated 10:42 am, Sunday, September 22, 2013 LONDON (AP) The attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Kenya's capital has killed 59 people and wounded at least 175. The dead include Africans, Europeans, Asians and North Americans. Here are details about some of the victims. KENYA Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Uhuru+Kenyatta%22> says he shares the grief of the nation his nephew and nephew's fiancee are among the dead. BRITAIN Britain's Foreign Office <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Foreign+Office%22> said at least three U.K. nationals were killed in the attack and warned that the number of such fatalities is "likely to rise as further information becomes available." FRANCE French President Francois Holland <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Francois+Holland%22> said two French women were killed. SOUTH AFRICA One South African citizen was killed, said the country's International Relations Department <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22International+Relations+Department%2 2> . CANADA Two Canadians including a diplomat died in the attack, according to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Stephen+Harper%22> . He paid tribute to the victims and noted the loss of diplomat Annemarie Desloges <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Annemarie+Desloges%22> , who served in Canada's High Commission <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22High+Commission%22> to Kenya as a liaison officer with the Canada Border Services Agency. GHANA Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Kofi+Awoonor%22> died after being injured in the attack, Ghana's presidential office said. In addition to his writings, Awoonor was a professor and a former ambassador Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations. CHINA A 38-year-old Chinese woman was killed in the shopping mall "terror attack," the Chinese Embassy <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Chinese+Embassy%22> in Kenya said in a statement. Her son was injured and hospitalized in stable condition, according to the statement posted on the embassy's website. U.S. The wife of a foreign service national working for the U.S. Agency for International Development <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news %2Fworld&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22U.S.+Agency+for+International+Develo pment%22> was killed, and four American citizens were reported injured, said U.S. officials. Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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