Dramatic photos are emerging of Saturday's attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

At around noon local time, gunmen threw grenades and opened fire at Nairobi's most upscale mall, witnesses and police said.

Large pockets of people trapped in the mall came streaming out over the course of an hour. At least a half dozen were bloodied and were grabbed by first responders. Many clutched small children. Others were crying.

Mall guards used shopping carts to wheel out wounded children and at least one man.

The volleys of gunfire moved outside the mall after police arrived nearly half an hour after the attacks began and engaged the gunmen.The gunmen are believed to have connection to the radical Islamic al-Shabaab movement.

As police continue to comb the building for terrorists, shocking photos of the scene are emerging, and the death toll is continuing to mount.

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