Loud explosions heard at Nairobi mall: AFP

NAIROBI: Three loud explosions were heard Monday at Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, where Kenyan security forces are battling to end a 43-hour-long stand-off with Somali extremist gunmen, AFP correspondents at
the scene said.

The explosions followed a sustained outbreak of gunfire that lasted around
15 minutes, the witnesses said.