A standoff at an upmarket shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is in its second day.At least 59 people were killed and 175 injured in Saturday's attack .
A number of hostages and an unknown number of attackers remain trapped inside as security forces try to end the siege.
Joe Lenku said 1,000 people had managed to escape from the Westgate centre after the assault by suspected al-Shabab militants.
The Somali militant group al-Shabab says it carried out the attack on the upmarket shopping centre in response to Kenyan military operations in Somali.There are about 4,000 Kenyan troops in the south of Somalia, where they have been fighting the militants since 2011.Al-Shabab, which is part of the al-Qaeda network, has repeatedly threatened attacks on Kenyan soil if Nairobi did not pull its troops out of Somalia
In a televised address on Saturday evening, Mr Kenyatta said: "We shall hunt down the perpetrators. We shall get to them and we shall punish them for this heinous crime."
He said he had "personally lost family members in the Westgate attack".
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is due to address a news conference.
Security experts are reported to have warned that the Israeli-owned complex was in danger of being subjected to a terror attack.
Military and police are out in force at the Westgate centre, trying to capture the gunmen
They are stopping and searching anyone in the area
Most of those who were inside the centre when the gun battle began managed to flee, but some were trapped
Armed police combed the corridors as terrified shoppers fled
Some went to extraordinary lengths to escape
OMG!! this is so touching!!so scaring!!!
Looks like this people took time to plan the attack, am told that this complex has one entrance only!!!
My heart goes to Kenya as a country, and to the Kenyans who lost their family members in this terror attack..
My prayers to the hostages!!
My prayers to the hostages!!
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