青年黨：激進分子仍在肯尼亞商廈扣押着人質

The Somali militant group al-Shabab says its fighters are still holding hostages inside the Kenyan mall where gunmen began a deadly siege on Saturday.

The group said in a series of Twitter messages Tuesday that militants were "holding their ground" at the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, and that a "countless" number of dead bodies were inside.

Kenya's military says it is conducting "mop up" operations at the site, while Kenya's police urged people to ignore what it called al-Shabab's "propaganda."

Earlier, officials had said they were in control of the mall with soldiers going through the building looking for anyone still inside, and that all of the hostages had been freed.

Fresh gunfire was heard around dawn Tuesday and again about three hours later.

Al-Shabab also repeated its stated reason for staging the attack, posting Tuesday that "peace will come" to the mall when Kenya removes its forces from Somalia. Kenya has rejected that demand.索馬里激進組織青年黨說，他們的戰鬥人員仍在肯尼亞內羅畢的高檔購物中心內扣押着人質。槍手從星期六開始攻擊這座商廈並造成慘重傷亡。

青年黨星期二發出的一系列推特短訊說，激進分子“堅守”在內羅畢的西門購物中心，商廈內死屍“無數”。

肯尼亞軍方說，軍隊正在現場展開“掃尾”行動。肯尼亞警方則敦促民衆不要理睬警方所說的青年黨“宣傳”。

早些時候，有關官員曾說，他們控制了這座購物中心，軍隊正在大樓內搜索任何還在樓內的人，所有的人質都已獲救。

星期二拂曉時分，人們聽到了槍聲，星期二白天槍聲再度響起。

青年黨重複了發動襲擊的原因。青年黨發推說，當肯尼亞從索馬里撤軍時，“和平就會來到”西門購物中心。肯尼亞拒絕了青年黨的要求。