Elliott Prior, from Windsor, Berkshire, was with his mum Amber, who had been shot in the leg, when a crazed-gunman armed with an AK47 approached.
But instead of cowering from the terrorist, Elliot stood up to him as he battled to protect his mum and six-year-old sister Amelie.
As reported by The Sun, he shouted: “You’re a bad man, let us leave". Incredibly, the terrorist backed down and allowed the family to escape.
He even gave them Mars bars before saying: “Please forgive me, we are not monsters.”
Heartbreaking images showed Elliott and his mum and sister leaving the mall. Wearing an “I Love NY” T-shirt , Elliot could be seen clutching the Mars bars which had been given to him.
His film producer mum Amber, 35, had a haunted look on her face.
She also picked up two other children and pushed them outside in a shopping trolley. The family live in Nairobi and had been on a routine shop in a supermarket when the terrorists stormed the building.
Elliott’s uncle Alex Coutts, 42, said the family were incredibly lucky.
“The terrorists said if any kids were alive in the supermarket they could leave. Amber made a decision to stand up and say, ‘Yes’.
A total of 62 shoppers have been killed after the terrorists stormed Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre on Saturday.
Speculation that British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite was involved in the attack was heightened today after a Kenyan minister said a British woman who has allegedly been involved in terrorism "many times before" was among the militants.
Amina Mohamed said a British extremist acted alongside "two or three" Americans as security forces began a fourth day of fighting at the shopping centre.
Prime Minister David Cameron said it appeared at least six Britons had died as he returned from a Balmoral break with the Queen to chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee in Whitehall last night.
But Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warned the death toll could be even higher. "It is possible we will discover further British nationals once the building is fully secure," he said.
Kenyan police claimed officers had regained control of the beleaguered mall by 10pm. But another explosion and more gunfire were reportedly heard coming from the shopping centre at around 6.30am today.
Authorities have confirmed the deaths of 62 civilians. Another 65 people have been hospitalised for treatment. Eleven soldiers from the Kenyan Defence Force (KDF) were also wounded in the fighting.
The crisis began on Saturday when 10 to 15 al-Shabab extremists stormed the mall, throwing grenades and firing on terrified shoppers.
The terrorists roamed through the complex reportedly seeking to separate Muslims - who were allowed to leave - from non-Muslims, who were killed or taken hostage.
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