Kenya security forces storm in the DusitD2 Hotel to rescue Kenyans
Al-Shabaab, which carried out a notorious assault on a Nairobi shopping mall in 2013, claimed responsibility over the Riverside attack according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activities. Elite police forces evacuated terrified workers barricaded in offices after an hour of sustained gunfire as they engaged the attackers. Sporadic shots were still heard hours after the blast.
NAIROBI, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday that the security operation at a Nairobi hotel complex attacked by four militants was over and all the “terrorists” involved had been killed.
Kenyatta said that 14 civillians were confirmed dead and over 700 others had been evacuated to safety by security forces.
Eleven Kenyans, an American and a Briton were among the casualties, morgue staff said.
Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. — NNN-AGENCIES