HUYU NDIYE MTANZANIA ALIYEWAHIWA KATIKA SHAMBULIO LA UGAIDI HUKO NAIROBI KENYA, CHEKI PICHA NA HABARI HAPA

I just consider myself lucky that I made my way out,” Tanzanian mall survivor Vedastus Nsanzugwako said Tuesday at his hospital bed.

Mr Nsanzugwako, who is a manager for Unicef Child Protection in Nairobi, was shot in both legs as he
struggled to escape.

The Unicef manager, currently admitted to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi said, his Saturday begun as a beautiful day.

By the end of business he was to fly to Geneva for an official meeting. He said he is a regular visitor to one of the restaurants at the mall where he takes a cup of coffee mostly in the morning.

However, on Saturday, he decided to have it in the afternoon before his journey.

“After hardly half-an-hour of having my coffee, I heard a series of gunshots. Together with other people who were on the fourth floor we  called everyone to the corner,” said Mr Nsanzugwako.

‘‘We all lay on the floor then one of the gunmen walked in. He met a woman holding a child.

“ Are you a Muslim?’’ the gunman asked to which the woman responded in the affirmative. The gunman turned and walked in the opposite direction.

Mr Nsanzugwako, who worked for Unicef in Khartoum for three years before he came to Nairobi, said as the terrorist walked away, many in the room decided to flee in the opposite direction.

As he was running, he came face-to-face with another gunman who fired at him.

“That did not stop me, I dragged myself and succeeded to exit via a backdoor where I was rescued by the Red Cross,” said Mr Nsanzugwako.

He says his condition has improved since he was admitted.

He has also started physiotherapy classes which will enable him to walk again.