Multiple blasts rock Kenya hostage crisis mall

NAIROBI: Multiple large blasts have rocked Kenya's Westgate Mall where a hostage siege is in its third day.

Associated Press reporters on the scene Monday heard multiple blasts and a barrage of gunfire. Black and grey smoke rose up from the mall.

The area around the mall was teeming with Kenyan soldiers and armoured
personnel carriers, as emergency workers and reporters were told to take cover.

Ambulances were also seen accelerating towards the scene.

Security forces have been attempting to rescue an unknown number of hostages inside the mall held by al-Qaida-linked terrorists.