In Kenyan capital Nairobi, atleast 59 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured as fierce fight between Somali Islamist militants and Kenyan soldiers continued for the second consecutive day today. The militants are holding unspecified number of hostages while being locked in a stand-off with security forces at the part Israeli-owned upscale shopping mall in Nairobi. Troops have managed to evacuate over 1,000 people from the mall.

There were conflicting reports about the number of militants with a minister saying there were 10 to 15 heavily armed men while some of the witnesses said they had seen four men in black, their heads covered in scarves.

Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack.

Two Indians, including an 8-year-old boy, were killed and four other community members, including two women and a girl, were injured in the attack, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said in New Delhi.

While one of the victims 40-year-old Sridhar Natarajan was working with a pharma firm, the boy Paramshu Jain was the son of a manager of the local Bank of Baroda branch, he said.

The spokesperson said said in New Delhi that the Mission is providing all medical aid to the four Indian nationals injured in the attack. He said India fully sympathises with Kenya and extends support to Kenyan government.