Kenya Hunts Gunmen in Fatal Hotel Attack Claimed by Al-Qaeda
- Somalia-based al-Shabaab claims it killed 47 people in assault
- Event could be first major attack by group in Kenya in years
This article is for subscribers only.
Kenyan forces hunted for gunmen who stormed an upmarket hotel and office complex in the capital, reportedly killing at least six people in the first apparent major attack by an al-Qaeda affiliate in the East African nation in almost four years.
The attack on 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi began with an explosion targeting three vehicles in the parking lot and then a suicide-bombing in the foyer of a Dusit Hotels & Resorts Co. outlet, police Inspector-General Joseph Boinnet said Tuesday in a televised briefing.