ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A Kenyan court on Wednesday (December 4) denied a plea for bail by four Somali men charged with terrorist offenses for helping al Qaeda-linked militants carry out an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed at least 67 people.<br/> <br />The assault was claimed by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab, which said it acted because of Kenya's refusal to withdraw its troops from Somalia where they are part of a African peacekeeping force battling the militants.<br/> <br />In denying the application for bail, Nairobi's Chief Magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie said the suspects might interfere with the ongoing investigation that was underway.<br/> <br />"In my opinion there are compelling reasons withhold issuing all that is favorable to the accused persons as far as bond is concerned," he said.
