[00:00.10]BBC News with David Austin.

[00:03.23]Security officials in Kenya say government troops are continuing to search for suspected Islamist gunmen who carried out a deadly attack on the up-market Westgate shopping mall in the capital Nairobi.

[00:14.97]Sounds of gunfire and explosions were heard deep into the night from inside the four-story building.

[00:20.28]And officials say the group has been pinned down in one part of the complex.

[00:24.28]This man was in his office in the shopping center when the attack started.

[00:28.33]“Suddenly we heard three, four blasts again and then a lot of gunshots and that’s when we realize that we’ve probably having a,

[00:40.56]perhaps a bank rubbery but then I saw a whole crowd of people ran out from the exit area into the parking lot

[00:48.92]and they were followed by two gunmen dressed in black with banner on their head showing automatic weapons and they shooting indiscriminately.

[00:59.21]And we saw people being shot under a tent where the children were having a cookery competition.

[01:05.90]And we suddenly realized that we were under attack.”

[01:08.88]The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta says 39 people were killed in the attack including some members of his family.

[01:16.34]The BBC’s Ann Soya in Nairobi has been following events and is at the scene.