The Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, where 67 people were killed in an attack by al-Shabaab militants, has reopened.
Gunmen entered the Kenyan mall in September 2013 and fired on shoppers, leading to a four-day siege. As of mid-July 2015, about half the shops were opening again after an extensive refurbishment.
“Exactly 22 months ago we had one of the saddest days in Kenyan history,” Nairobi City County Gov. Evans Kidero said. “As a nation we cried, we mourned, but Westgate is back.”
Parts of the mall were badly damaged by fire and remained off-limits as journalists toured the building after the shops reopened. It was not clear whether those sections are reopening.
It was one of the boldest attempts by the armed militants to target foreign nationals as well as Kenyans, but mall management says security has been dramatically improved.
