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Kenya hotel attack may not be over as renewed gunfire heard
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Explosions, heavy gunfire reverberate through building in initial attack
The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 15, 2019 9:32 AM ET | Last Updated: January 16
[...]
Security camera footage released to the local media showed an armed attacker walking in the notel
compound. Al-Shabab, the Somalia-based extremist group, is claiming responsibility.
(Security Camera Footage/Associated Press)
[...to end...]
Anniversary of military base attack
Gunfire continued several minutes after the first reports as ambulances, security forces and firefighters converged on the scene. A bomb disposal unit arrived, and vehicles were cordoned off for fear they contained explosives.
Police said they blew up a car that had explosives inside. An unexploded grenade was also seen in a hallway at the complex.
Crump said gunfire could still be heard as him and his colleagues eventually evacuated.
"I don't know where those shots were coming from or who they were coming from, but as we were leaving it was definitely still much still very much active shooters around," he said.
Al-Shabaab has vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia since 2011. The al-Qaeda-linked group has killed hundreds of people in Kenya, which has been targeted more than any other of the six countries providing troops to an African Union force in Somalia.
Members of security forces secure a building at the scene in Nairobi. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
The hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands neighborhood is less than two kilometres from Westgate Mall and lies on a relatively quiet, tree-lined road in what is considered one of the most secure areas of the city. The hotel's website says it is "cocooned away from the hustle and bustle in a secure and peaceful haven."
"I've been here five years, and obviously you're aware of the security issues and the fact that hotels and corporate office blocks and shopping centres are high targets, but I think we've had a false sense of security," said Crump.
On Monday, a magistrate ruled that three men must stand trial on charges they were involved in the Westgate Mall siege. A fourth suspect was freed for lack of evidence.
The attack on Tuesday came three years to the day after al-Shabaab extremists attacked a Kenyan military base in neighbouring Somalia, killing scores of people.
With files from CBC News and Reuters
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nairobi-hotel-attack-1.4978529
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Explosions, heavy gunfire reverberate through building in initial attack
The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 15, 2019 9:32 AM ET | Last Updated: January 16
[...]
Security camera footage released to the local media showed an armed attacker walking in the notel
compound. Al-Shabab, the Somalia-based extremist group, is claiming responsibility.
(Security Camera Footage/Associated Press)
[...to end...]
Anniversary of military base attack
Gunfire continued several minutes after the first reports as ambulances, security forces and firefighters converged on the scene. A bomb disposal unit arrived, and vehicles were cordoned off for fear they contained explosives.
Police said they blew up a car that had explosives inside. An unexploded grenade was also seen in a hallway at the complex.
Crump said gunfire could still be heard as him and his colleagues eventually evacuated.
"I don't know where those shots were coming from or who they were coming from, but as we were leaving it was definitely still much still very much active shooters around," he said.
Al-Shabaab has vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia since 2011. The al-Qaeda-linked group has killed hundreds of people in Kenya, which has been targeted more than any other of the six countries providing troops to an African Union force in Somalia.
Members of security forces secure a building at the scene in Nairobi. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
The hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands neighborhood is less than two kilometres from Westgate Mall and lies on a relatively quiet, tree-lined road in what is considered one of the most secure areas of the city. The hotel's website says it is "cocooned away from the hustle and bustle in a secure and peaceful haven."
"I've been here five years, and obviously you're aware of the security issues and the fact that hotels and corporate office blocks and shopping centres are high targets, but I think we've had a false sense of security," said Crump.
On Monday, a magistrate ruled that three men must stand trial on charges they were involved in the Westgate Mall siege. A fourth suspect was freed for lack of evidence.
The attack on Tuesday came three years to the day after al-Shabaab extremists attacked a Kenyan military base in neighbouring Somalia, killing scores of people.
With files from CBC News and Reuters
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nairobi-hotel-attack-1.4978529
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[...]
Today, the world is witnessing some of the most significant humanitarian crises in living memory. With more than 65 million people displaced, there have never been more people fleeing war and instability since World War II. The famines engulfing families in South Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria and Somalia put more than 20 million people at risk of starvation — further destabilizing regions already under threat from the Islamic State, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab.
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