12:30 IST: Kenyan soldiers in helmets and body armour reach Westgate mall
12:15 IST: Kenyan media reports several people hiding in the mall escaped to safety. Cecile Ndwiga told AP she had been hiding under a car in the basement parking garage.
"I called my husband to ask the soldiers to come and rescue me. Because I couldn't just walk out anyhow. The shootout was all over here left, right-just gun shots,'' she said.
12:00 IST: Large numbers of Kenyans donating blood at special centres in Nairobi. Britain's High Commissioner joined the donors.
