Kenya’s military says ‘most’ hostages freed after assault

“Most” of the hostages who have been holed up at an upscale shopping mall in Kenya’s capital after it was attacked by members of an Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group on Saturday have been freed, Kenya’s military says.

Kenya’s armed forces launched a “major” assault on the militants on Sunday night — about 30 hours after the Islamists stormed the Nairobi mall in an attack that left at least 68 dead and 175 injured. At around midnight local time, Kenya’s Defence Forces said it had rescued most hostages and had taken control of most of the mall, but declined to give numbers. Officials said four Kenyan military personnel were wounded in the operation.

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