A four-year-old British boy caught up in the Kenya mall
massacre showed astonishing bravery by confronting a
marauding gunman who ended up begging for his
forgiveness, it emerged today.
Elliot Prior, from Windsor, Berkshire, told one of the
terrorists that he was a 'very bad man' as he protected his
mother, Amber, who had been shot in the leg, and six-
year-old sister Amelie.
Incredibly, the attacker took pity on the family and
bizarrely handed the children Mars bars before telling
them: 'Please forgive me, we are not monsters.'
His story emerged as sporadic gunfire continued to ring
out from inside the mall early today as Kenyan security
forces battled Al Qaeda-linked terrorists into a fourth day.
Despite Kenyan police assurances that they had taken
control of the building, a security expert with contacts
inside the mall said at least 10 hostages were still being
held by a band of attackers, possibly as many as 13.
Kenya's foreign minister Amina Mohamed said 'two or
three' Americans and one British woman were among
those who attacked the Westgate shopping mall in
Nairobi.
His mother, Amber, told of her family’s terrifying escape
from Al Shabaab terrorists who butchered 62 people in the
Nairobi shopping centre.
The film producer had been queuing to buy milk in
Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Centre when the militants
struck.
She hid under a cold meat counter in the Nakumatt
supermarket for an hour-and-a-half with her children
beneath her before terrorists finally found them and shot
her in the thigh.
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Elliot's uncle, Alex Coutts, told The Sun: 'They had a lucky
escape. The terrorists said if any of the kids were alive in
the supermarket they could leave.
'Amber made the decision to stand up and say "yes".'
'Then Elliot started arguing with them and called them bad
men. He was very brave.'
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