Security at Westfield shopping centres is being monitored in the wake last month’s terrorist attack in Kenya.
At least 60 people were killed after al-Shabaab Islamists conducted a siege at the Israeli-owned Westgate Mall.
In the UK, the Westfield Group, which was co-founded by Australian-Israeli businessman Frank Lowy, owns malls in London’s Shepherds Bush and Stratford. A spokesman said it was working “closely with its on-site Metropolitan police and security team as well as the various authorities to help ensure that it has the appropriate level of security in place.”
A Brent Cross Shopping Centre spokesperson said it had “invested significantly in emergency preparedness.
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