Two Canadians hurt in Kenya mall attack named by aunt as teen sisters

A Minnesota woman says her two nieces -- both Canadian citizens -- were seriously injured in the terrorist attack on a Kenyan shopping mall.

Canadian officials have said at least two Canadian citizens were among the 175 injured.

Hodan Hassan tells The Associated Press that her nieces, Fardosa Abdi, 17, and Dheman Abdi, 16 -- were shopping when the siege started.

She says Fardosa is in critical condition after undergoing two surgeries for severe leg injuries, while Dheman had a bullet break her leg and an explosion injure her arm.

Hassan says the teens are Canadian citizens who moved three years ago to Nairobi, where their father has a real estate business.

Two Canadians were among 68 people killed when gunmen opened fire with AK-47s and threw grenades at Nairobi's upscale Westgate mall in an attack that began Saturday.

Officials have confirmed that diplomat Annemarie Desloges was killed and media reports and Facebook users have identified Vancouver businessman Naguib Damji as the other deceased Canadian victim.

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  Kenyan security forces walk back from the Westgate Mall as black smoke billows above, following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP / Jonathan Kalan)