Kenya terror attack: An Indian killed when he could not name
the mother of the Prophet Muhammad
Nairobi : The attackers Westgate Mall Kenya who spoke
Swahili and targeted non-Muslims , killed an Indian just because he could not
tell what was the name of the mother of the prophet Muhammad.
According to a report in the Guardian , one of the survivors
named Joshua Hakim narrated the events of the horrific attack , saying how the
Indian was killed.
" Can an Indian man came and said : " What is the
name of the mother of Muhammad when he could not answer , they shot him ,
"said Hakim owes its survival to its name, which sounds like a Muslim .
The attackers were of Somali origin and speak Swahili. They
called on Muslims to identify themselves and leave .
When the turn of Joshua , he managed to hide his Christian
name by putting his thumb on the ID, simply exposing the Muslim-sounding name
and escaped terrorists.
Another survivor , a computer engineer told the Guardian
that the militants fired indiscriminately on people like "throwing corn to
the chickens ."
Among those killed , there were two Indians , one was an
engineer from Chennai, Sridhar Natarajan and the other was a boy of eight years
Parmanshu Jain - the son of the director of the National Bank of Baroda .
In addition, two Canadians , two French , three Britons and
an Australian were among those confirmed .
Although Kenya mall impasse which cost 68 lives, entered the
third day today, al-Shabab militants who claim to be behind the attack remain
locked inside the mall chic Westgate Nairobi .
Gunfire erupted Monday morning as fresh troops of the army
of Kenya stepped up the fight against the militants.
The mall is very popular with expatriates and wealthy
Kenyans and was targeted by Al Shabab militants ' s , in retaliation for the
support of the Kenyan army to the UN mission in Somalia.
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