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Monday 23 September 2013

KENYA: LIST OF VICTIMS.


KENYA 
President Uhuru Kenyatta's nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his nephew's fiancee Rosemary Wahito were killed. 
Radio and TV personality Ruhila Adatia-Sood, was also killed after hosting a cookery competition at the mall. 
Reports said she was recently married and six months pregnant. 

GHANA 
Kofi Awoonor, a Ghanaian poet, professor and former ambassador to Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations, died after being wounded in the attack, Ghana's presidential office confirmed. 
Ghana's ministry of information said Awoonor's son was injured and is responding to treatment. 

CANADA 
Two Canadians, including a diplomat, died in the attack, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. 
He paid tribute to the victims and noted the loss of diplomat Annemarie Desloges, who served in Canada's High Commission to Kenya as a liaison officer with the Canada Border Services Agency. 
Her spouse Robert Munk was wounded in the attack, but has since been released from the hospital, the Canadian Press reported. 

INDIA 
Two Indians, 8-year-old Parmashu Jain and 40-year-old Sridhar Natarajan, were killed, and four others were wounded in the attack.

BRITAIN 
The Foreign Office have confirmed that four UK nationals have been killed in the attack. 
Prize-winning architect Ross Langdon, who had dual British and Australian citizenship, is believed to be one of the dead. 
A British man, who refused to give his name, said his wife and daughter were both killed in the atrocity. 
The Foreign Office warned the number of British dead is 'likely to rise as further information becomes available.'

FRANCE 
Two French women were killed, President Francois Hollande said. 

SOUTH AFRICA 
One South African citizen was killed, according to the country's International Relations Department. 

THE NETHERLANDS 
A 33-year-old Dutch woman died in the attack, believed to be Elif Yavuz, the heavily pregnant partner of British architect Mr Langdon, was also killed. 
Seven other Dutch citizens who were in the mall escaped unharmed, Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said. 



CHINA 
A 38-year-old Chinese woman with the surname Zhou who worked in the real estate industry was killed in the attack, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Her son was injured in the attack and was in stable condition in a hospital, according to the Chinese Embassy in Kenya. 

PERU 
A retired staff member of UNICEF from Peru was killed, the agency's regional office for Eastern and Southern Africa said. 
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine confirmed today that Dr Juan Jesus Ortiz-Iruri, 63, who had worked in Britain, was among the dead. 
Colleague Professor Nynke van den Broek said: 'He had dedicated his professional life to improving health systems in Africa and Asia, particularly in the area of maternal, child and new-born health. Juan had worked with us on a range of maternal and new-born health programmes for some time from his base in Nairobi and we were all looking forward to welcoming him as a full time member of staff in Liverpool later this week. His loss will be felt by us all both professionally and personally.'

U.S. 
Five American citizens were injured, U.S. officials said. 

NEW ZEALAND 
Andrew McLaren, 34, a New Zealander who managed a factory in Kenya for the avocado oil company Olivado, was wounded in the attack, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. He was hospitalised in stable condition.

SWITZERLAND 
The Swiss government confirmed that one of its citizens was injured in the attack. It said its embassy in Nairobi is in contact with the victim's family and local officials, but would not provide further detail on the victim's name.

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