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Westgate Mall finally rises from ashes of terror attack

The reconstructed Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi has literally risen from the ashes of a terror attack that claimed 69 lives and will reopen on Saturday.

Having got back its sheen, with fresh paint and concrete works covering its painful scars of bullets and grenade attack as well as splatter of human blood and flesh on its floors and walls, yesterday it welcomed its first trickle of curious Kenyans eager to sample its revival.

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