Kenyan police in ‘major assault’ to end mall standoff

Kenyan police said a “major” assault by security forces has begun to end the two-day hostage crisis at a Nairobi mall, in which 68 people have died.

Late yesterday, Kenya’s Disaster Operation Centre said “this will end tonight. Our forces will prevail”.

Word of the Kenyan assault came shortly after a large blast echoed from the mall, around the start of the operation.