2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack | |||||||
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Part of the War in Somalia and Terrorism in Kenya | |||||||
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Saleh An-Nabhan Battalion |
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4 gunmen 1 suicide bomber |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
5 killed |
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22 civilians killed, 27 wounded |
From the 15 to 16 January 2019, a coordinated attack against civilians occurred at the DusitD2 complex in Westlands District, Nairobi, Kenya. The attack began at around 14:30 EAT (UTC+3), shortly after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the center of the complex at a restaurant. Four attackers associated with Harakat Al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen carried out a mass shooting for over 22 hours which left 21 civilians, one Kenyan soldier and all five militants dead.[1][2][3][4]
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement published through the AS-affiliated Shahada News Agency shortly after the attack, with its external operations branch, the Saleh An-Nabhan Battalion, claiming being responsible.[5]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said that the five militants that carried out the attack were all "eliminated" by security forces following a 19-hour operation led by Kenyan forces.[6]
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