The Somali militant group al Shabaab, linked to al Qaeda, says it is responsible for the deadly ambush at a shopping mall in neighboring Kenya.<br/> <br />The attack in the capital Nairobi left at least 30 people dead, including children, and many others injured.<br/> <br />The shooting continued hours after the initial assault on the Westgate mall, which is popular with ex-pats here.<br/> <br />Security forces surrounded the mall and troops combed the building, hunting the attackers shop by shop.<br/> <br />Kenya's interior minister Jospeh Ole Lenku.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Kenya's interior minister Jospeh Ole Lenku saying:<br/> <br />"Our security personnel have taken control of the situation. We have taken over the building."<br/> <br />Kenya's President says one gunman was captured and died from his wounds.<br/> <br />The assault is the single biggest attack in Kenya since an al Qaeda cell bombed the U.S. embassy here in 1998, killing more than 200 people.<br/> <br />Al Shabaab group is battling peacekeepers from Kenya and oth
