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Westgate terror attack: Woman recounts her family’s dramatic rescue

Faith Wambua Luedeling and her two children lie on the floor after terrorists struck at Westgate Mall.

By Peter Muiruri

It is perhaps one of the most enduring images of the Westgate terror attack: a mother prostrate on the shopping mall’s floor, pinning her two children in the same position to shelter them from whizzing bullets.

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