Father says wife and daughter, 9, were killed by 'animals'

• Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says British death toll could still rise
• Two more British victims identified as Warwickshire mother and daughter
• Zahira Bawa, 41, and her daughter Jennah, 9, were from Leamington Spa
• British architect Ross Langdon and his partner Elif Yavuz also shot dead
• Harvard graduate Yavuz was pregnant before Saturday's attack in Nairobi

The father of an eight-year-old British girl last night told of the ‘heart stopping’ moment he learned his Muslim daughter and wife had been killed by terrorists who laid siege to a shopping mall in Kenya. Louis Bawa, 43, said his nine-year-old daughter Jennah and Kenyan-born wife Zahira, 41, were killed in Nairobi on Saturday by ‘animals’, who were using ‘religion as an excuse to kill people’. The three-day siege appeared close to an end last night, when Kenyan police said they had regained control of the Westgate mall, hours after it emerged more than 60 people had been killed. Scroll down for videos

Distraught: Father Louis Bawa (left) is seen with his nine-year-old daughter Jennah (right). She has been confirmed as one of the British victims in the Kenya terrorist attack, in which her mother also died

Nairobi attack: Volunteers at the Oshwal Centre, which is serving as the casualty ward for victims of the Westgate mall hostage situation, take cover after gunshots were heard Prime Minister David Cameron said it seemed at least six of the dead were British after returning from a Balmoral break with the Queen to chair a meeting of the Cobra committee in Whitehall. Mr Bawa, chief executive of a marketing company which counts Aston Martin Racing as its main client, toldThe Daily Telegraph: ‘The people who did this, they are vigilantes, they are animals. ‘At the end of the day they are using religion as an excuse to kill people. They're saying that they were targeting certain people, but they were targeting anyone. Zahira and Jennah were Muslims. ‘But these animals just shot them the same as all of the others. At first I was convinced that they would be OK. I had hope…. I just want some justice now to come to the animals that did this.’ Jennah's grandmother Shakuntna Bawa, 63, yesterday said that the family had been devastated by the tragedy in Kenya's capital city on Saturday, telling reporters: ‘We knew that they were missing.

Operation: Smoke flows can be seen from the Westgate Mall as Kenya Defence Forces leave the nearby Oshwal Centre, which is being used as a emergency staging center

‘But we heard yesterday that unfortunately they had been killed. I feel pretty shocked - the whole family is in shock. I can't say anything else at the moment. It's very sad - but what can we do?' She added: ‘My sister saw Louis speaking on television and rang me. At that stage we still believed there was a chance Jennah and Zahira might be okay because there were a lot of people missing. ‘But the police have confirmed to Louis that his wife and daughter were killed. He tried to go down to the morgue to identify their bodies but there were guards there. ‘He was eventually let in after many hours and has now confirmed they died. I have not seen Jennah for five years ever since the family moved to Kenya, but she was beautiful.’ It comes after the revelation that British architect and Ross Langdon, who had dual Australian nationality, and his heavily-pregnant partner Elif Yavuz, were also shot dead by the terrorists.

Prize-winning British-Australian architect Ross Langdon, and his Harvard-educated pregnant partner, Elif Yavuz, were killed in the Nairobi shopping centre siege

The malaria-specialist is pictured here meeting former US president Bill Clinton in a photo And a photo taken moments after they were hit appears to show the 33-year-old cradling Miss Yavuz, in an attempt to protect her and their unborn child, as they both lie motionless in pools of blood. As they lay dying, terrorists hunted down other innocent civilians, spraying bullets and leaving their victims screaming in agony. Mr Langdon, 33, had been involved with a number of projects across Africa, which included designing an HIV-Aids hospital in Kenya free of charge. The London-based architect could be seen photographed with Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, in a picture posted on his Facebook profile earlier this year.

Elif, who was due to give birth in a fortnight, was killed alongside Mr Langdon, a prize winning architect who had joint British and Australian nationality

Mr Langdon, who studied architecture at the University of Tasmania then the University of Sydney, worked for several companies before founding his own firm Regional Associates Ltd in May 2008. Born and brought up in south-eastern Tasmania, his work included projects in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. Harvard graduate Miss Yavuz was eight-and-a-half months pregnant at the time of her death. The malaria specialist was working in Kenya for the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which was founded by the former U.S president. On her Facebook profile she was photographer shaking hands with former US President Bill Clinton during a visit to a Clinton Foundation project last month.

The malaria specialist (left) was working in Kenya for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation run by the billionaire Microsoft founder, while Mr Langdon had been involved with a number of projects across Africa

Born in Holland, Miss Yavuz had lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while studying at the renowned Harvard University. Esther Waters-Crane, a British expat who was an acquaintance of Elif's, described her grief at losing the expectant mother, and how Kenya has reacted to the unprovoked attack. She said: 'I’m so, so sad about Elif. We had been in regular contact about her birth her in Nairobi and I feel sick/angry/furious/shocked by this tragic, tragic waste of lovely people. Nairobi is awash with helicopters right now. 'I'm at home and the explosions from Westgate are so loud they sound like they're on my road. We're all in pieces about this- a very very sad time for Nairobi and for dear Kenya.'

The couple are among the 62 people slaughtered by terrorists believed to be from Somali Islamist group al'Shabaab

The architect's mother told of the 'excruciating loss' she was suffering. In a message on Facebook, Mrs Linden Langdon said the loss of her son Ross was immeasurable. Mr Langdon's family has asked for privacy as they grieve over his death, that of his partner Elif Yavuz and their unborn child - but his mother decided to put a few words out on social media to tell the world of the grief his relatives were suffering. 'We have lost my beautiful son Ross Langdon, his lovely partner Elif Yavuz and their much loved baby just two weeks away from birth,' Mrs Langdon wrote on her son's Facebook page. 'The loss is immeasurable, absurd and excruciating.' The architectural practice where he worked as a director said in a statement: 'We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss our friend and colleague Ross Langdon and his partner Elif Yavuz. 'Profoundly talented and full of life, Ross enriched the lives of all those around him. Ross's leadership on projects throughout East-Africa was inspirational.

Mrs Linden Langdon said the loss of her son Ross and his lovely partner Elif was 'immeasurable'

'Ross was living his dream, greatly contributing to the lives of people within highly disadvantaged communities and supporting habitat conservation for some of the world's most threatened species. 'Ross will be very, very sorely missed. Our deepest condolences and thoughts are with Ross and Elif's families at this very difficult time.' Mr Langdon last year gave a talk at TEDxKrakow in Poland. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan 'ideas worth spreading'. On a blog for TEDxKrakow, which calls itself an independently organised TED event, tributes were paid to the architect. The site said: 'It was with great sadness that we learnt of the tragic murder of Ross Langdon and his wife Elif Yavuz in the terrorist attacks in Nairobi on Saturday. They were expecting their first baby in a couple of weeks. 'Ross spoke at TEDxKrakow in 2012 about his work as an architect in Africa. He devoted his life to creating sustainable architecture that is integrated into communities, and he left us with hope for humanity. 'It's impossible to make sense of this senseless and shocking loss of life. We send our condolences to both their families.'

Military forces take position inside a shopping mall following the attack by masked gunmen in Nairobi

Sporadic gun shots could be heard hours after the assault started as soldiers surrounded the mall and police and soldiers combed the building

People help a wounded man outside the Westgate shopping mall, as 69 people were slaughtered by the terrorists

Tributes to the couple have flooded in via social media. One friend, Arah Nekoei, wrote: 'We will miss you, Elif Yavuz, Ross Langdon and the one that we never got to know.' Meanwhile a British businessman has revealed that four members of his family were killed in the Nairobi terror attack. Samir Bharma, of Spinney Hills, Leicester, was last making arrangements to fly to the Kenyan capital. It is understood his relatives who were killed were taking part in a recording of a TV programme called Masterchef Junior. He said of his dead family members: 'They were young people who were taking part in a cookery contest that was taking place in the centre. Unfortunately they have all passed away. 'An aunt - my dad's cousin - she's critical in hospital. I've spoken to my father who is there, but contact is difficult. It's a very difficult time and I'm trying to arrange flights now.' Another Leicester man described how his parents and brother and sister were in the shopping mall when the terrorists struck.

Smoke rises from the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi following a string of explosions during the third day of a stand-off between Kenyan security forces and gunmen inside the building

Volunteers run for cover after hearing a volley of gunshots at the scene of the siege

The man, in his 20s, wishes to remain anonymous after his mother warned him that terrorists had hacked into Facebook accounts of Nairobi residents and left the chilling warning 'we are watching you'. He said his mother had called him from outside the mall: 'She was just passing by in the upper mall. The whole thing was taking place on the ground floor and she just saw gunmen wandering around everywhere and shooting people. She saw her best friend being shot straight in the head. 'My sister just froze to the spot. My brother dragged my sister out into the parking lot.. At that point the parking lot was secure and people could leave. 'My brother saw his best friend's body outside. He had literally been shot.' The man said his parents had gone to the hospital to help medical staff cope with the casualties.

HOW THE ATTACKERS TARGETED VICTIMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - INCLUDING POETS, CHILDREN, PARENTS AND DIPLOMATS

BRITAIN/ AUSTRALIA Ross Langdon was an architect who worked in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, creating eco-lodges and socially sustainable tourism in ecologically sensitive locations. THE NETHERLANDS Langdon's partner, Elif Yavuz, 33, was expecting their first child in early October. A 2013 graduate of Harvard University's Department of Global Health and Population, she had completed her dissertation research on malaria in eastern Africa and was working with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the university said in a note to faculty, staff and students. PERU Juan Ortiz-Iruri was a retired tropical disease specialist for UNICEF who had lived 25 years in Africa, according to UNICEF and Peruvian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alejandro Neyra. His son Ricardo Ortiz told Radio RPP that he entered the mall accompanied by his daughter, a 13-year-old born in the U.S.'The version from my sister is that sadly my father fell to the floor and showed no signs of life,' Ortiz said. He said his sister suffered a hand injury, but is out of danger. Ortiz-Iruri had worked in Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Liberia. GHANA Kofi Awoonor, a Ghanaian poet, professor and former ambassador to Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations, died after being wounded in the attack, Ghana's presidential office confirmed. Ghana's ministry of information said Awoonor's son was injured and is responding to treatment. Awoonor's work drew its inspiration from the traditions of his native Ewe tribe. UKNOWN NATIONALITY Ruhila Adatia-Sood, whose husband was a foreign worker for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Nairobi was killed, the organization said in a press statement. She was a popular radio and TV personality in Kenya and tributes poured in for her on Twitter and Facebook. KENYA President Uhuru Kenyatta's nephew and nephew's fiancee are among the dead. INDIA Two Indians, 8-year-old Parmashu Jain and 40-year-old Sridhar Natarajan, were killed, and four others were wounded in the attack, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said. CANADA Two Canadians, including a diplomat, died in the attack, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He paid tribute to the victims and noted the loss of diplomat Annemarie Desloges, who served in Canada's High Commission to Kenya as a liaison officer with the Canada Border Services Agency. Her spouse Robert Munk was wounded in the attack, but has since been released from the hospital, the Canadian Press reported. SWITZERLAND The Swiss government confirmed that one of its citizens was injured in the attack. It said its embassy in Nairobi is in contact with the victim's family and local officials, but would not provide further detail on the victim's name. BRITAIN At least four U.K. nationals were killed in the attack, according to the Foreign Office, which warned the number of such fatalities is 'likely to rise as further information becomes available.' FRANCE Two French women were killed, President Francois Hollande said. SOUTH AFRICA One South African citizen was killed, according to the country's International Relations Department. CHINA A 38-year-old Chinese woman with the surname Zhou who worked in the real estate industry was killed in the attack, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Her son was injured in the attack and was in stable condition in a hospital, according to the Chinese Embassy in Kenya. U.S. Five American citizens were injured, U.S. officials said. NEW ZEALAND Andrew McLaren, 34, a New Zealander who managed a factory in Kenya for the avocado oil company Olivado, was wounded in the attack, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. He was hospitalized in stable condition.