by Dheeraj Nanduri
It would have probably been yet another pleasant day for the shopaholics and the mall addicts to waste another day in their life in the posh Westgate mall in Nairobi.
Luxuriously blessed with various shops which sold many different things, it catered to the masses from the city itself and even to the visitors from abroad. Many of the visitors that visited the mall on that day, that shall be hard to forget by the entire world, were diplomats from Canada, tourists from Britain, many Dutchmen, Indians and people even from China.
The mall attack was executed by 12-15 militants. Well, numbers are inaccurate because technically no one knows anything yet. The mall was under siege for two days before the police could finally force in to the mall to stop them. Well, the delay can never be fully understood except that the police were planning their rescue operation in a careful manner so that they don’t put the lives of the innocent multicultural group of citizens at risk. The rescue operation however involved the intervention of the military force too. Sadly, the majority of ruckus created in the mall was also due to the rescue operation. I tell you, military operation means a mess for sure; before execution, during it and after it too.
The mall attack was executed by 12-15 militants. Well, numbers are inaccurate because technically no one knows anything yet. The mall was under siege for two days before the police could finally force in to the mall to stop them. Well, the delay can never be fully understood except that the police were planning their rescue operation in a careful manner so that they don’t put the lives of the innocent multicultural group of citizens at risk. The rescue operation however involved the intervention of the military force too. Sadly, the majority of ruckus created in the mall was also due to the rescue operation. I tell you, military operation means a mess for sure; before execution, during it and after it too.