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Two Canadians are among those killed by a deadly terrorist attack at a major shopping mall in Kenya on Saturday that left at least 39 dead and more than 150 wounded.

The Prime Minister’s Office identified one of the deceased as 29-year-old diplomat Annemarie Desloges, who worked with Citizenship and Immigration Canada and served at Canada’s High Commission in Kenya as a liaison officer with the Canada Border Services Agency.

“Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms this cowardly, hateful act that apparently targeted innocent civilians who were simply out shopping,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a written statement released Saturday evening.

“Terrorist attacks like this seek to undermine the very values and way of life that Canadians cherish, and they reinforce the need for us to continue taking strong actions to protect the safety of Canadians no matter where they are in the world.”

The statement did not identify the other Canadian and it was not known whether or not the other Canadian was with Desloges at the time of the attack.

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta disclosed on national TV that his close family members were among the dead.

A separate joint statement from Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney paid tribute to Desloges and to Canadian diplomats and the risks they run.