However, dozens of Kenyan-Indians have also lost their lives, as well as businesses. Third generation Indians are dominant residents in the area where the mall is located.
In another development Thursday, Kenya's security forces heightened security along the country's border with Somalia after twin blasts killed three people, including two police officers.
The two police officers and a civilian were killed and six others injured in two simultaneous terrorist attacks in northern Kenya bordering the war-torn Somalia, Xinhua reported.
The twin attacks in Wajir and Mandera border towns, which occurred within eight hours of each other, also left 12 vehicles reduced to shreds of metal and government offices turned to heaps of rubble.
