A small mercy to emanate from the ongoing terrorist activity in Kenya. A four-year-old boy apparently said one of the hostages, “You’re a bad man” as he and his family were released from the Westgate mall in Nairobi.
According to an article in the National Post, Elliott Prior challenged the terrorist, who claimed he was "not a monster" before giving the British boy a Mars bar and allowing his family to leave where innocents have been held hostage since the weekend.
Elliott was taking cover under a meat counter with his mother and six-year-old sister, Amelie, when the terrorists announced that children could leave. Elliott's mother then bravely made herself visible, and then like this brave woman her son directly confronted the assailant.
The gunman defended the Muslim faith even as he told her she should become a convert to Islam. He allegedly also asked, "Do you forgive us? Do you forgive us?”
The Priors then made a lucky escape from a siege that had, by its fourth day, claimed 62 lives, according to the Kenyan Red Cross, though more casualties may remain in the building.
Shedding blood in the name of any god is, unequivocally, a godless act. Our heartfelt prayers are with everyone affected by this attack.
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