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Terror at the Mall (2014) on Netflix

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Gunmen from Al Shabaab storm an upmarket mall in Nairobi. Armed businessman Abdul Haji and plain-clothed officers go in without waiting for reinforcements. Survivors describe the afternoon.

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On September 21, 2013, four or five young men between eighteen and twenty-three years old attack the Westgate mall in Nairobi. They belong to Al Shabaab, a Somali group tied to Al Qaeda, and the attack leaves an estimated 71 people dead, of different nationalities. An armed businessman, Abdul Haji, and several plain-clothed police officers are among the first to respond. Rather than wait for reinforcements, they go into the mall to save lives. Survivors, including women and children, tell what happened that Saturday, and the first responders give their accounts. CCTV footage from the mall's surveillance system, which the attackers left intact, shows the responders at work.

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