Car used in Nairobi attack recovered

Forensic experts investigating the terrorist attack at a mall in Kenya's capital Nairobi have recovered a vehicle which they believe was used by the Al Qaeda-allied Al Shabaab militants during the attack.

A security official who is close to the investigations said the saloon car was found parked Thursday a few minutes from the Westgate mall's main entrance.

"The police are looking for the owner of the car which was recovered on Thursday," the security officer who sought anonymity told Xinhua on Friday.

"We found some devices and other paraphernalia which we believe were used by the terrorists to attack the mall," he said

The police have appealed to the public who left their vehicles at the gutted Westgate shopping mall to go and claim the cars.

"But a few people have responded. We don't know whether the vehicles' owners died, were injured in the attack or are afraid," he added.

An unknown number of heavily armed terrorists attacked the upscale Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Sep 21 killing at least 61 civilians and six security officers.

Kenyan security services were only able to end the attack and restore order Tuesday.

Somali group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in the media and said that it was in response to Nairobi's October 2011 military intervention against Al Shabaab in Somalia.

Meanwhile, at least 59 people are still listed as missing following the attack, the Kenya Red Cross Society KRCS) which has been leading the rescue mission, said.

The humanitarian agency said tracing services were carried out in all morgues in Kenya where only 10 missing persons were found alive with families and two bodies were positively identified by their close families.

"There have been inquiries from various nationalities in search of their missing colleagues," KRCS said in a statement released Friday.

"We have been receiving calls from the Australian, Chinese, Norwegian and South African embassies inquiring whether we have any of their nationals as victims," it said.