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Kenya's Westgate Survivors Trying to Move On

Two years ago, terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, leaving at least 67 people dead. Many survivors of the attack are still fighting hard to move on. Al-Shabab gunmen stormed Nairobi's Westgate Mall on September 21, 2013. Kenyan troops were locked in a firefight with gunmen in a siege that lasted three days, while survivors hid in various parts of the building. Teresia Syombua was in the mall that day and reopened her shop there one year ago. She...

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