DNA tests for Kenya mall relatives

2 October 2013 Last updated at 09:52 ET

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BBC reporter Gabriel Gatehouse: "Men in the white overalls, shoe coverings and masks are carrying out the forensic analysis on bodies"

Relatives of some of the people missing after the attack on a Kenyan shopping mall have come forward for DNA testing.

The police made the request after the discovery of body parts.

The four-day siege by Somali Islamist militants left 67 people dead; a further 39 are still missing.

The BBC's Robert Kiptoo says there have been conflicting reports about whether all the bodies have been retrieved from the Westgate shopping centre in the capital Nairobi.

At least three bodies were brought to Nairobi's morgue on Tuesday, he said.

Al-Shabab, a Somali group linked to al-Qaeda, said its militants had stormed the shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on 21 September in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.

Our correspondent says at least four families came to Nairobi's main morgue on Wednesday morning. Three of them were families of soldiers who died in the attack.

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DNA tests for Kenya mall relatives