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Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel (UPDATES)
« on: January 15, 2019, 02:17:55 pm »
Breaking

Witnesses have reported an explosion and heavy gunfire at a hotel complex in the Kenyan captital Nairobi.

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Police are said to be exchanging gunfire with the attackers in the operation

https://news.sky.com/story/explosion-and-gunfire-at-hotel-and-bank-complex-in-kenya-11608109

More details to follow since this is breaking

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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2019, 02:25:54 pm »
Lastest from AP wire a minute ago

Al-Shabab claims Nairobi hotel complex attack.

According to the AP wire they are a Somalia based extremist group.

https://apnews.com/554be8fae3494fe3bc4fc9ca9e3591e3

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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2019, 03:49:24 pm »
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Nairobi DusitD2 hotel under attack as blasts and gunfire heard



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46880375

Dusit and Dusit2 hotels are a chain, this is a picture of the one in Nairobi:





Thanks @Freya    I will keep up with changing events.

Security apparently is tight; we will see how bad this is. I have not heard reports on fatalities yet.
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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2019, 04:27:15 pm »
The Nation Newspaper - Kenya

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What we know so far of the attack in Westlands, Nairobi
Tuesday January 15 2019

The attackers arrived using a car, KCN 340E, and another vehicle that advanced further in.

They forced their way into 14 Riverside Drive and forced security guards to open the gate by shooting at them.

They then advanced and hurled explosives into vehicles at the parking lot before making their way into Dusit D2 Hotel which houses several offices and hotels.

The vehicle used by the attackers has been cordoned and the Bomb and Hazardous Disposal Unit is preparing to scrutinise it to establish whether it has explosives.

Response teams including the Recce Squad, Flying Squad, Anti-Terrorism Police Unit and the bomb squad led by Director DCI George Kinoti have responded.

Currently, police are trying to establish exactly where the attackers are using a map of the building so that they can advance into the Dusit D2.

One suspect has been arrested and many people rescued in the ongoing operation as police comb DusitD2 Hotel

It sounds like this could be a highly intensive situation.
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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2019, 05:57:07 pm »
One person has been killed. I have not heard if he was a jihadist or an innocent, I tend to think an innocent.

BNL twitter, Breaking News or BRNewsFlash is helpful, they've had some video of the occurrences,
https://twitter.com/BRNewsFlash

https://twitter.com/MoradNews

Cautiously optimistic that this is not going to be too bad.
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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2019, 06:27:53 pm »
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News flash
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9m9 minutes ago

#BREAKING: The hotel, which has been under attack for more than 4 hours, is a 5 star Dusitd2 hotel in Riverside, Nairobi, Kenya. Several terrorists, including at least 1 suicide bomber have killed 7 people so far. The attack is ongoing and expected to continue into the night.


https://twitter.com/BRNewsFlash/status/1085239500127772680

Turning into night shortly over there.

This video from Morad or Nairobi News is amazing:


https://twitter.com/Nairobi_News/status/1085196597032509441

Eros Now channel at youtube, there is an Indian movie on that attack on the Mumbai Hotel, Taj Mahal, it's too intense and graphic to repost but I have a feeling it's somewhat realistic of events that day, it gets my blood pumping mad as well.

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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2019, 09:33:03 pm »
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Matiang’i: All Dusit buildings now secure

Matiang’i says the country is now safe and urges Kenyans to continue with their activities.
By MARTIN KINYANJUI
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has said that all buildings at the Dusit complex on 14 Riverside Drive in Westlands, Nairobi, which was earlier attacked by suspected terrorists have secured.

Speaking Tuesday evening outside Harambee House in Nairobi, Dr Matiang’i said the country is now safe and urged Kenyans to continue with their activities.

The CS added that that a mop up operation now to secure evidence at the scene had been initiated.

Continued at: https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Matiangi-all-Dusit-buildings-now-secure/1056-4936936-7w3l5uz/index.html

Hopefully, it's over....
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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2019, 10:16:10 pm »
Thanks for the update @TomSea
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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2019, 06:38:28 am »
Fatalities as of now, 15.  More to find?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46880375
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Kenya forces still securing hotel after extremist attack
By BEN CURTIS

NAIROBI,Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police say there is still “an active security operation” Wednesday in and around the luxury hotel and shopping complex attacked by Islamic extremist gunmen.

Sporadic gunfire could be heard from the scene in the morning after scores of people were rescued at daybreak as police continued what they called a mopping-up exercise.

At least 15 people were killed in the attack which started Tuesday by car bombs followed by at least four armed men who invaded the hotel and shops.

More: https://apnews.com/3349149f75cb46e9b8590d23cc1cbe76?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP

Kenyan police have been accused of heavy handed tactics, if it is with Jihadists, they may have to act. Sometimes, though, you end up encouraging more radicalism.

Kenyan government says 14 killed, Kenyan Red Cross says 24 killed. This is in the BBC coverage, one of these last few posts has that information.

I'm not sure how they are listing the guerillas, terrorists as killed. We know one likely was because they attacked with a suicide bomber leading the way, I believe in a restuarant area. So, perhaps the discrepancy is down to the terrorists being killed as well.... we hope.
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Re: Breaking-Kenya: scores hurt in attack at luxury Nairobi hotel (UPDATES)
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2019, 08:17:15 am »
The president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta gave his address to the nation over this crisis this morning in Kenya, it does sound like it is over now.

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Nairobi hotel: DusitD2 siege over - Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that a siege by suspected militants in Nairobi is over and all the attackers have been "eliminated".

Gunmen attacked the compound in the Westlands district of Kenya's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people.

Officials originally announced the end of the siege hours after it began, but gunfire and explosions were heard again early on Wednesday.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46888682

A common terrorist tactic is to attack a place but to also throw grenades, basically creating chaos to enable their attack. This has been done before.

TIME posted a number of pictures from the attack:   

Did someone say grenades?

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See more at: http://time.com/longform/kenya-hotel-terrorist-al-shabab/

Excellent reporting (photos) if I may say so.
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