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This is an archive article published on September 25, 2013

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The victims of the attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Kenyas capital were from around the world.

The victims of the attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Kenyas capital were from around the world.

KENYA

Ruhila Adatia-Sood was a popular radio and TV personality in Kenya and her husband worked for the USAID in Nairobi. She was expecting a child.

Mitul Shah was president of Bidco United football team in Kenya.

Rajan Solanki was a 24-year-old food entrepreneur died as he was likely at the food competition in the rooftop car park. He founded the food website Pika Chakula.

Neha Mashru,a student at the private Oshawal Academy near Westgate shopping centre,died on Saturday during the shoot-out. Head girl,dancer,awesome friend, a Facebook community her says.

President Uhuru Kenyattas nephew and his fiancee were also killed.

INDIA

Three Indians were killed in the attack,including an 8-year-old boy,Paramshu Jain,whose father is manager of a Nairobi branch of an Indian bank. The childs mother,Mukta Jain,is among four Indians who were injured.

AUSTRALIA & HOLLAND

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Ross Langdon,an Australian architect,who grew up in Tasmania and had dual British nationality,died in the shootout along with his nine-months pregnant Dutch girlfriend,Elif Yavuz,a 33-year-old health worker and Harvard graduate. Langdon worked in East Africa on sustainable architecture projects. Profoundly talented and full of life,Ross enriched the lives of all those around him, the company said on its website.

BRITAIN

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said six British deaths occurred and the number could rise. They include Zahira Bawa and her 8-year-old daughter Jenah,from Leamington Spa in central England,a relative told Britains Press Association news agency.

CANADA

Annemarie Desloges,a border services liaison officer in High Commission to Kenya,was a bright young light,and hers was a career brimming with promise,said Tim Edwards,president of Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers.

HANA

Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet,professor and former ambassador to Brazil,Cuba and the United Nations. Ghanas ministry of information said Awoonors son was injured and is responding to treatment.

FRANCE

Two French women were killed,President Francois Hollande said.

SOUTH AFRICA

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One South African citizen was killed,according to the countrys International Relations Department.

SOUTH KOREA

One woman from South Korea was killed,its Foreign Ministry said. It provided no further details.

SWITZERLAND

One Swiss citizen was injured,but the embassy would not provide further the victims name.

 

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