Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/kenya-forces-faced-well-prepared-attackers-in-mall Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Transcript While the Kenyan authorities have announced the end of the siege at a Nairobi mall, troops there still face work of clearing and searching the area. Judy Woodruff talks to Nicholas Kulish of The New York Times, who explains the slow resolution is due to caution by security forces against a highly organized and well-armed foe. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JUDY WOODRUFF: Our lead story tonight, the president of Kenya proclaimed victory in the bloody siege of a shopping mall in Nairobi. He put the death toll at 72, but the Islamist attackers disputed his account.Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta declared tonight that security forces had shamed and defeated the militants who stormed Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall. PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA, Kenya: Towards the tail end of the operation, three floors of the Westgate Mall collapsed and there are several bodies still trapped in the rubble, including the terrorists. JUDY WOODRUFF: Kenyatta's address followed another day of conflicting reports of the status of the standoff and of the remaining hostages, if any.Earlier, the Somali group al-Shabab linked to al-Qaida had released a photo of two fighters it said were still inside the mall. At the time, the group insisted the attackers still held hostages. Also earlier, gunshots could be heard at the mall complex as soldiers circled outside. And smoke again billowed from the building.