Graphic photos: African man dies after sitting down at the national mall and calmly sets himself ablaze.

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A man has died after setting himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington. Police responded to an emergency call about a fire shortly before 4.30pm on the Mall. The man was airlifted to hospital after bystanders used the shirts off their backs to tamp down the flames, police and witnesses said.

The man, who was not identified, was conscious when he was taken to Washington Hospital Centre but he later died from his injuries.

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Prof. Wole Soyinka Escaped Death In Nairobi Kenya Mall Assault

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But for a stroke of luck, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate mall in Kenya last weekend.

Speaking at a press conference at the Freedom Park, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday in honour of the late Ghanaian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor who died in the attack, Soyinka led a group of eminent Nigerian writers to condemn the Nairobi massacre. Soyinka, who said he, like Awoonor, was invited to the Storymoja/ Hay Literature Festival, said he couldn’t attend because of other pressing engagements he had elsewhere.

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Kenya Mall Horror Video : What really happened Inside Westgate Mall During the terrorist Attack!!

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Watch What really went down Inside Westgate Mall During the terrorist Attack.

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Kenya Mall Horror: Death Toll At 68, 175 Injured As Terrorists Hold Hostages (Photos)

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Kenya Shopping Mall Attack'Demise near 68, 175 Wounded As Terrorists, Gunmen Hold Hostages the demise toll of Westgate Shopping mall strike in Nairobi Kenya has rapidly increased. Everything started on Saturday when some hoodlums stormed the upscale mall in Nairobi. As we speak the demise toll has got to 68 while as many as 175 were noted injured.

Here is details of the current event in Nairobi Kenya;

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Kenya Mall Horror: British Terrorist Behind Kenya’s Shopping Mall Attack “Samantha Lewthwaite" Kills Christians mercilessly - Survivors

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“Samantha Lewthwaite, A Muslim Convert Orders Terrorists To Kill Christians” – Survivors

On Sunday night as victims’ bodies were being counted at Westgate Shopping mall in Nairobi Kenya, anti-terrorism police claims they believed a 29-year-old muslim convert was the brain behind the attack.

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Kenya Mall Horror: Famous Ghanaian poet, Kenyan president's nephew died in attack

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Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor, (pictured left) was among the 59 killed during the attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya yesterday. He was in Nairobi as a participant in the Storymoja Hay Festival, a 4-day celebration of writing, thinking and storytelling. The Ghanaian govt confirmed his death early Sunday morning. He was 78 years old. His son was also shot, but was not killed.

Also the president's nephew, Mbugua and his fiance Wahito (both pictured right) were killed in the attack yesterday.

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Hoodlums visit Kenyan shopping mall, at least 22 people killed

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 Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya this afternoon Saturday September 21 killing at least 22 people in what could possibly be a terrorist attack. An eyewitness claimed the gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave the mall and that only non-Muslims would be targeted. By the time they finished shooting indiscriminately, at least 22 were dead and at least 50 people injured.

One survivor said and that the attackers started from the Westage mall ground floor and made their way to the top. He said they had grenades and AK-47 rifles and he saw at least five of them. Local TV stations reported that the gunmen took hostages as soldiers and local policemen surrounded the mall. Another survivor said he was shot at by a man who looked like a Somali.

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PHOTO: Electric Generator Room At Ikeja Mall Guts Fire

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The fire started at the generator room of the multib-billion Ikeja Mall caused panic in Lagos, but a swift intervention by men of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) took out the fire before it could - 

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Ikeja City Mall on fire

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Ikeja City Mall, Lagos, which many refer to by the name of popular supermarket, Shoprite, is on fire.
One of the stores in the Mall, Mr. Price, is ablaze. Shoppers at the mall, which was recently opened, panicked when the fire broke out. However, efforts are on to put out the fire. It was learnt that the response of the Lagos State Fire Service, which has an office at the back of the shopping mall, responded promptly. It was learnt that the fire broke out around 11am. Mr. Price is located close to Entrance 1 of the mall. The entire mall has been evacuated as at press time. More Pictures and details to follow later.

1 Dead Dozens Trapped in Ghana Shopping Mall Collapse

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 ACCRA (Reuters) - A four-storey building housing a department store in Ghana's capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens inside, emergency officials and witnesses said.
Rescue workers pulled at least six people from the rubble, one of them dead and the rest injured, as large crowds gathered to watch, a Reuters witness in the West African country said.
"We are doing our best to get to those trapped. We hear there are about three dozen," Kwame Avevoi, a police officer coordinating the rescue, told Reuters.