KENYA SASA HALI SHWARI KABISA:RAIS ATANGAZA BENDERA KUPEPEA NUSU MLINGOTI, GHOROFA 3 ZA JENGO LA WESTEGATE ZAPOROMOKA.

Statement: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said that the country had 'ashamed and defeated' its attackers

Operation: Kenyan soldiers move in formation as smoke rises in the background, clearing the top floor balcony and interior of the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi

Battling the terrorists: Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants claimed they were still holding hostages in Nairobi, Kenya

Response: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take their position at the Westgate shopping centre, on the fourth day since militants stormed into the mall

Approach: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers move at the main entrance of the Westgate shopping centre

Like a war zone: Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take their position at the Westgate shopping centre. Al Shabaab also said earlier that its militants were still holding out in the Westgate centre

In the air: Smoke rises from the shopping mall as Kenyan soldiers continue with a search and rescue operation

Clearing the area: A military helcopter (left) hovers above a plume of smoke coming from the shopping mall, as Kenyan soldiers (right) move in formation

Go away: Onlookers are teargassed by police trying to disperse idlers who had milled around the shopping mall

Tactics: A Kenya Defence Forces soldier talks on a mobile phone as he and his colleagues guard the street leading to the Westgate shopping mall

Going in: Kenyan soldiers clear the top floor of the Westgate mall in Nairobi following the attack on Saturday

Assault: Kenyan soldiers take their position at the Westgate shopping centre, on the fourth day since militants stormed into the mall in Nairobi

Evasive action: Kenyan soldiers and policemen crouch down behind a wall as they prepare for the next stage of the assault on the mall Source: Daily  Mail