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Chaos: The FoneXpress computer store is littered with debris including shattered glass and smashed cabinets which are all empty

Forensics: Investigators work in the mall passageways scouring the building for clues which may lead to other terrorists involved in the attack

 

Kenya MPs launch Westgate Mall massacre probe

Another 39 people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the attack, the Red Cross said today.

Its report conflicts with the government's contention that there are no remaining missing people from the attack on the Westgate Mall and suggests that the death toll could still rise as investigators dig through the rubble.

'The numbers with us are what we are still showing as open cases that are reported to us', Kenyan Red Cross head Abbas Gullet said.

'The only way to verify this is when the government declares the Westgate Mall 100 per cent cleared - then we can resolve it.'

Destruction: This picture shows the mall car park which collapsed as a result of the attack

Explosion: Burnt-out vehicles have been abandoned outside Westgate as the work of clearing up the mall continues

The Red Cross number has been dropping over the past week as bodies have been positively identified and as some missing people have been reunited with their families. On Friday it said the number of missing was 59.

On Sunday Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said that police had no missing persons reports from the attack, and did not believe there were any hostages in the mall building when it partially collapsed. He left open the possibility, however, that things might change.

'We think - unless the forensic investigation shows otherwise - we really do think that there were weren't any hostages,' he said.

Entrance: The scene outside the mall's main gate remains chaotics nine days after the initial outbreak of violence

Investigation: Forensic police inspect a saloon car parked near the main entrance of the mall

Investigators from Britain, Canada, the U.S. and Germany, are helping in the investigation into the attack and are aiding Kenyan forensic experts poring through the mall complex. Results are not expected until later this week at the earliest.

In addition to the 61 civilians and six troops reported killed in the attack, the government has said five of the attackers were killed by gunfire and at least one more is thought to be in the building's rubble.

The militant group al-Shabab has said it carried out the mall attack to punish Kenya for sending its troops into neighboring Somalia to fight the Al Qaeda-linked militant group that had seized large parts of that country for years before being dislodged from the capital, Mogadishu.

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