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Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday offered his sympathies to the friends and families of Canadian diplomat Annemarie Desloges and Vancouver businessman Naguib Damji who were killed in the attack over the weekend. He added, “Obviously it’s a very cowardly terrorist attack, and Kenya and the international community will do everything we can to bring those responsible to account.”

Mbugua Mwangi, nephew of Uhuru Kenyatta, the Kenyan president, and his fiancée, Rosemary Wahito, also lost their lives during the attack. Mr. Mwangi was shot several times in the face as he tried to protect Ms. Wahito. The couple were reportedly at the mall to pick out their wedding rings. His mother is Catherine Muigai Mwangi, the former Kenyan ambassador to Ireland, who returned to Kenya last month after her six-year posting.

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Kofi Awoonor, 78, a Ghanaian poet, professor and former ambassador to Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations, was another of those to die. He was in the city attending the Storymoja Hay literary festival, a celebration of pan-African writing and storytelling. His fellow Ghanaian poet Nii Ayikewei Parkes said people at the festival realized something was wrong when Mr. Awoonor, known affectionately by many in Ghana as “Prof,” failed to turn up for a session at which poets from west Africa and east Africa were due to perform a reading. His son Afetfi was also attacked but survived.