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Nairobi attack: Lynsey Khatau tells of being shot at Nairobi attack: Lynsey Khatau tells of being shot at
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A mother has told how she was shot at and almost killed in the siege at a Kenyan shopping centre. A mother has told how she was shot at and almost killed as suspected al-Shabab militants stormed the Nairobi shopping centre.
Lynsey Khatau, 23, who is from south Wales but mostly based in Nairobi, said her family was targeted by militants at the Westgate mall in Saturday's attack. Lynsey Khatau, 23, who lives in south Wales and Kenya, said her family was targeted at the Westgate mall in Saturday's attack.
But Mrs Khatau, who was with her husband and four-year-old son Caiz, said the gunman missed and killed a man behind her. Mrs Khatau, with her husband and four-year-old son Caiz, said the gunman missed her and killed a man behind her.
At least 65 people have been killed in the siege including three soldiers. At least 65 people have been killed including six British nationals.
Six British nationals have been confirmed as among the victims. Mrs Khatau, whose moved to East Africa with her husband Max who was deported from the UK in 2009, told BBC Wales: "When they shot at me, my son saw a man get shot instead of me, so I was lucky not to get shot.
Mrs Khatau, whose husband Max was deported from the UK in 2009, told BBC Wales: "When they shot at me, my son saw a man get shot instead of me - so I was lucky not to get shot.
"My son is completely traumatised, he cannot sleep and even if he does sleep he wakes up crying 'they're shooting at my daddy' so it's very difficult at the moment.""My son is completely traumatised, he cannot sleep and even if he does sleep he wakes up crying 'they're shooting at my daddy' so it's very difficult at the moment."
The family were at the mall as a treat for Caiz when Islamist al-Shabab militants attacked. She described the moment they took hold of the centre. The family were at the mall as a treat for Caiz when suspected Islamist al-Shabab militants attacked.
"On a Saturday my husband usually works but it just so happens that this Saturday he was given the day off so we just decided to take our son to go and play and spoil him a bit at the shopping centre," she said."On a Saturday my husband usually works but it just so happens that this Saturday he was given the day off so we just decided to take our son to go and play and spoil him a bit at the shopping centre," she said.
"They have a play area for the children and we had to pick up some groceries. "They have a play area for the children and we had to pick up some groceries."
"The first thing that happened when we entered was that there was a lady that entered with a big black bag but she went straight past security, so we just went ahead and we went to the supermarket inside and the lights went off. Mrs Khautau recalled how she walked into the centre, entering a local supermarket and within seconds, the electricity went down.
"Usually in Kenya the electricity always goes off but they have generators that come on a few seconds after the lights have gone off." "Usually in Kenya the electricity always goes off but they have generators that come on a few seconds after the lights have gone off," she said.
But Mrs Khatau said the lights did not come back on this time. They did not come back on.
"There was a lot of gunfire," she said. "The first thing that happened was a grenade going off under a car or something outside," she said.
"The first thing that happened was that a grenade went off under a car or something outside - that was the first thing that we heard. Then there was shooting, maybe 20 rounds, in less than a minute. "That was the first thing that we heard. Then there was shooting, maybe 20 rounds, in less than a minute.
"We came out - I just ran, we just ran out. "We came out... I just ran, we just ran out.
"When we came out of the supermarket they were already inside the mall and we just ran. They were already shooting inside. "When we came out the supermarket they were already inside the mall and we just ran. They were already shooting inside."
"It was really horrific. My son is really traumatised. Mrs Khautau then recalls how she was shot at but that the bullet missed her and hit a man who was standing behind her.
"We were going to die - that was the only thing I was thinking, we're going to die. There were people just falling everywhere." "It was really horrific. My son is really traumatised," she added.
Mrs Khatau said her community was "united and pretty sad" and she was keen to return to Wales, where she splits her time between Pontllanfraith, near Blackwood in Caerphilly county, and Nairobi. "The only thing I was thinking is 'we're going to die'. There were people just falling everywhere."
The family lives less than a mile from the mall. Mrs Khatau said her neighbourhood - just five miles from the shopping centre - was "united and pretty sad".
She added that she was keen to return to Wales, where she splits her time between Pontllanfraith, near Blackwood in Caerphilly county, and Nairobi.
"It's been hard, really hard. I've not been able to sleep because we're not far from there and the helicopters were hovering constantly," she said."It's been hard, really hard. I've not been able to sleep because we're not far from there and the helicopters were hovering constantly," she said.
"We can hear the gunfires and the explosions, so we're not really in the environment where we can recover properly." "We can hear the gun fires and the explosions, so we're not really in the environment where we can recover properly."
In the UK Mrs Khatau's cousin, Kelly Jones, said: "She was just shopping and didn't expect this. As far as we knew, she was planning to come home earlier this year - and then this happens. In the UK Mrs Khatau's mother, Suzanne Mathias, who lives near Caerphilly, said: "I know they're safe but you still think about 'what if'.
"She is out there so they can be together as family and Caiz can spend time with his father." "I'm just glad she was on the bottom floor of the mall where there was an exit to go to the car park because if she had been on any of the other floors she wouldn't have made it because there wasn't any exits on the other floors."