Sad: British architect Ross Langdon and heavily pregnant wife killed during the kenya mall shootout.

A British architect and his heavily pregnant girlfriend were shot dead by Muslim terrorists in the Kenyan mall massacre just days before she was due to give birth.

Ross Langdon, who has dual Australian nationality, and scientist Elif Yavuz were gunned down as they stood side-by-side in a cafe at the Westgate Shopping Centre, in Nairobi.
In his last moments, the 33-year-old appears to have tried to protect the woman who was to have their first child in just two weeks.

They were found curled together, Mr Langdon's arms wrapped protectively around Miss Yavuz. 

Mr Langdon 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.
 
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 Ms 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