President Obama says we stand with the Kenyan people

In his first public comments on the Nairobi shopping mall attacks, President Barack Obama says the US will stand with the Kenyan people "against this terrible outrage that's occurred". President Obama confirmed that the US was providing "whatever law enforcement support that is necessary" to deal with the tragedy. The US President made his first public comments on the attack while meeting with Nigeria's president on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. "The United States will continue to work with the entire continent of Africa and around the world to make sure that we are dismantling these networks of destruction," President Obama said. Mr Obama said he had contacted Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, who lost family members in the attack, over the weeked to offer his support and condolences. Kenya's Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed has confirmed that two US citizens and a British woman were among the attackers. Kenyan troops say they have now taken control of the shopping centre which has been in the hands of terrorists almost four days after an attack was launched that killed at least 69 people. Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook   / telegraph.co.uk   Follow us on Twitter   / telegraph   Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/1028913550727... Telegraph.co.uk and    / telegraphtv   are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.