American producers respond following public backlash after they used actual scenes of Westgate Mall attack for fictional thriller series 24

Sometimes in July 2015, CNN referred Kenya as a hotbed of terror and KOT exploded in fury, #SomeoneTellCNN made the American news channel to apologize for their insensitive remarks.

Then on February 5, 2017 Fox studios made another terrible blunder, they used actual CCTV footage of the 2013 terror attack at Westgate Mall in their new series 24:Legacy.

Also read: American series 24: Legacy uses actual scenes of the bloody Westgate Mall attack and claims it happened in Egypt

KOT once again sprung to action using hashtag #SomeoneTellFox to make the American producers apologize for their insensitive action.

At least 67 people were killed when Al Shabaab terrorists attacked Westgate Mall on 21st September 2013

Fox studios have confirmed that the footage they used was from the attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi and said that the producers regret using it to depict a fictional act of terror on the show.

“In episode 4 of 24: Legacy we regretfully included news footage of an attack in Nairobi. It will be removed from all future broadcasts and versions of the show. We apologize for any pain caused to the victims and their families and are deeply sorry,” Executive producers Evan Katz and Manny Coto said in statement.

 

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