Kenyan security forces walked out of a store in Nairobis Westgate Mall,holding plastic bags heavy with unknown items after Islamic extremists staged an attack. Others looked behind counters and lifted items.
In security camera video seen by The Associated Press on Sunday,some members of Kenyas armed forces appeared to loot a store during the four-day siege of Nairobis most upscale mall. At least 67 people were killed in the attack by Islamic extremists.
Kenyas security forces have previously denied any wrongdoing.
Soon after the attack began on September 21,Kenyan officials put a security cordon around the mall,allowing only security forces and a few government personnel to pass through. When the attack was over,some who owned shops inside the mall complained of looting.
Mobile phones were ripped from displays,cash registers emptied,and even alcohol stocks plundered,according to AP reporters at the scene after the siege ended.
Public servants in Kenya,including police,firefighters and soldiers,are poorly paid and frequently accused of corruption.
An investigation into a huge fire at Nairobis airport in August revealed that first responders had looted electronics,a bank and an ATM during and after the blaze.
In the case of the Westgate attack,a team of Kenyan lawmakers that investigated the loot allegations cleared soldiers of any wrongdoing.
Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku in a statement said it was the fourth body that we know from CCTV footage to be that of a terrorist. DNA and other investigations will confirm their identities.