Westgate (Kenyan shopping mall)

Westgate is an upscale shopping mall located in the Westlands neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya.

Overview
The five-story mall opened in 2007 and includes 350000 sqft of retail space and houses more than 80 stores.

The luxury shopping center is popular with Kenya's new consumer class, as well as foreign officials and expatriates.

2013 mass shooting
The Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabaab perpetrated a mass shooting at the Westgate mall on September 21, 2013, resulting in the death of at least 68 people and injuring more than 200.

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