Scenes from the deadly mall attack in Kenya

A group of fighters carried out a deadly attack on Sept. 21 in Nairobi’s upscale Westate Mall. Kenyan military special forces entered the mall in an effort to end a standoff with the fighters.

The al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group Shabab claimed responsibility for the attacks in a posting to its official Twitter feed. The group said the attacks are retribution for military action by Kenya inside Somalia.

A woman and her two children were rescued from the mall.

A customer cried as she was evacuated.

An armed police officer searched through a shopping center for gunmen.

A journalist rescued a woman injured in a shootout between armed men and the police at the Westgate shopping mall.

A policeman carried a baby to safety after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff.

A Kenyan woman was helped to safety after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff.

Armed police searched through Westgate shopping center for gunmen.

People ran from the Westgate Mall.

An injured policeman held his wound as his compatriot searched through the Westgate shopping center for gunmen.

Emergency services carried a woman to an ambulance in the parking lot of the Westgate shopping center.

Construction workers ran following a shootout between unidentified armed men and the police.

A police officer held a gun to provide cover for customers running out as a shooting took place at Westgate shopping mall.

Women carrying children ran for safety as armed police hunted gunmen who went on a shooting spree.

Police took cover outside Westgate shopping center.