Al Jazeera says al Shabaab claims Nairobi mall shooting

Civilians escape an area at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

LONDON (Reuters) - The Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera said the Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab had told the channel that al Shabaab carried out an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall on Saturday. (Writing by Kevin Liffey; Editing by Andrew Heavens)