肯尼亞扣押商廈襲擊案8名嫌疑人

Kenyan authorities say they are still holding eight people in connection with the deadly four-day siege at a Nairobi shopping mall.

Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku told reporters Friday that authorities have released three other suspects.

Earlier this week, officials said five suspected militants were killed as troops and police worked to regain control of the Westgate mall.

The official total death toll from the siege stands at 72.

Investigators continue to sift through the wreckage at the partially collapsed mall. On Friday, the Kenyan Red Cross said 59 people remain missing following the attack.

Lenku said no additional bodies have been recovered from the site.

The Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack and is vowing to carry out other acts of violence against Kenya.

On Twitter Friday, the militant group said its attack on the Westgate mall was "just the premiere of Act 1."肯尼亞官員說，他們還扣押着涉嫌跟內羅畢商廈襲擊事件有關的8個人。

肯尼亞內務部長倫庫星期五對記者說，當局已經釋放了三個嫌疑人。

肯尼亞當局本星期早些時候說，軍隊和警察重新控制商廈時擊斃了5名激進分子嫌疑人。

官方公佈的死亡人數爲72人。

調查人員繼續在部分倒臺的商廈廢墟內搜尋屍體。肯尼亞紅十字會星期五說，有59人失蹤。

倫庫說，現場沒有發現更多屍體。

總部設在索馬里的伊斯蘭激進組織青年黨聲稱對肯尼亞商廈襲擊事件負責，並威脅要對肯尼亞發動新的襲擊。

青年黨星期五在推特上說， 對商廈的攻擊只是“第一幕的初次公演”。