Panorama: Terror in Nairobi

BBC World News will broadcast the Panorama programme Terror in Nairobi today.

When the attack at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi happened, the BBC programme had been investigating the recruitment pipeline of young Muslims through Kenya to join the Islamist group in Somalia.

With at least 67 people killed, the murderous assault on the Nairobi shopping centre has brought the terrorist group al-Shabab to world attention. A gang, armed with machine guns and grenades, stalked the mall singling out non-Muslims for execution – Kenyans and foreigners alike. Pregnant women and children were among those murdered in the name of Jihad. With its roots in war-torn Somalia and formally allied to al-Qaeda since last year, al-Shabab is banned in the US and the UK.

Panorama reporter Peter Taylor was already in Kenya as final preparations for the attack were underway, investigating the network the terror group uses to cross the Somali/Kenyan border at will and its appeal to radicalised Muslim youth in Britain and beyond.

Thursday October 3 at 1.30pm and 6.30pm and Friday October 4 at 6.30am (AEST) on BBC World News.