Twitter and the Kenya attack

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September 24, 2013

PARIS

As the deadly attack unfolded inside Kenya's Westgate mall, the militants who claimed responsibility for the spreading mayhem sent out tweet after tweet, taunting the Kenyan military, defending the mass killings and threatening more bloodshed.

Each time Twitter shut the account down - a total of five times, according to a U.S.-based security analyst - al-Shabab started a new feed. The sixth account included a post on Tuesday linking to a photo that purported to be two of the attackers "unruffled and strolling around the mall in such sangfroid manner" and mocking Kenya's security forces for their repeated assurances over two days - also tweeted - that the siege was nearly over.

It wasn't the first time al-Shabab has live-tweeted a terrorist attack...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57604462/al-shabab-showed-gruesome-social-media-savvy-during-attack/