Somalia intervention cited for mall assault Al-Shabab warns of more attacks unless Kenya pulls its troops out of neighbouring Somalia. By Hamza Mohamed Last Modified: 24 Sep 2013 A Somali soldier looks at the body of a suspected al-Shabab fighter after a battle in June 2012 [AP] Mogadishu, Somalia - Kenyan security forces continued to battle their way through an upscale Nairobi mall on Tuesday that al-Shabab gunmen seized four days ago. Officials say at least 62 people have been killed in the attack on the Westgate shopping centre, and more than 170 wounded. The figures are expected to rise once the siege finally ends and the mall is secured. The mall attack is the most significant strike in Kenya since al-Qaeda bombed the US Embassy in Nairobi in 1998, killing more than 200 people. Somalia-based al-Shabab - established in 2006 after Ethiopian troops invaded that country - has claimed responsibility for the brazen assault. The Islamis...