Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack

2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
Part of terrorism in Kenya
	Civilians move to safety as police provide cover at DusitD2 Nairobi
Location	14 Riverside Drive complex, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinates	01°16′12″S 36°48′13″E / 1.27000°S 36.80361°E
Date	15–16 January 2019 ; 15:00 (EAT (UTC+3))
Attack type	Suicide bombing and mass shootings
Weapons	AK 47, Type 56-2, AK-63, explosives, F1 Grenade (attackers); H&K G3, Colt Canada C7, FN SCAR, CZ Scorpion EVO 3 (defenders)
Deaths	22 (plus 5 attackers)
Injured	27
Perpetrators	Al-Shabaab
Motive	Opposition to Kenyan involvement in the Somali Civil War and Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

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Attack location

OpenStreetMap view of attack location

The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

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